Ezra Stiles

Ezra Stiles

male, deceased (1795)
Redwood Library and Athenaeum Christian Hebraist president of Yale University Connecticut colonial new england Yale University alumni … Yale College
The Rev. Ezra Stiles (November 29, 1727 - May 12, 1795) was a Congregational clergyman, theologian and president of Yale College from 1778 to 1795.... More
Benjamin Silliman

Benjamin Silliman

male, deceased (1864)
Chemist Yale University faculty Yale University alumni United States Congress Yale University Mineralogist … Yale College
Benjamin Silliman (8 August 1779 - 24 November 1864) was an American chemist, one of the first American professors of science (at Yale University),... More
Noah Porter

Noah Porter

male, deceased (1892)
president of Yale University philosophical Yale University president from Connecticut Yale University alumni congregational church … Yale College
Noah Porter (December 14, 1811 - March 14, 1892), American educationalist and philosophical writer, was born in Farmington, Connecticut. He... More

John Davenport

male, deceased (1830)
from Connecticut Yale University alumni Continental Army officer revolutionary war federalist commissary … Yale College
John Davenport (January 16, 1752 - November 28, 1830) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. Born in Stamford, he pursued academic... More
Alphonso Taft

Alphonso Taft

male, deceased (1891)
Bonesman United States Ambassador to Russia Yale Law School Alumni Yale College alumni Governor of Ohio United States Attorneys General … Yale College
Alphonso Taft (November 5, 1810 - May 21, 1891) was the Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and the founder of... More

Samuel Hopkins

male, deceased (1803)
Yale University alumni theology Christian calvinism American Yale College alumni … Yale College
Samuel Hopkins (September 17, 1721-December 20, 1803) was an American clergyman of the late colonial era and early United States. He was born in... More
Jeremiah Day

Jeremiah Day

male, deceased (1867)
Williams College Tuberculosis Yale College Baldwin, Evarts, Hoar & Sherman family president of Yale University Ipswich, England
Jeremiah Day (Aug. 3, 1773 - Aug. 22, 1867), educator, for twenty-nine years president of Yale College, was the son of Rev. Jeremiah and Abigail... More
Walter Camp

Walter Camp

male, deceased (1925)
Bonesman Hopkins School rugby Bonesmen Stanford Cardinal football coach delta kappa epsilon … Yale College
Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 - March 14, 1925) was a sports writer and football coach known as the "Father of American Football". Along with... More
Daniel Coit Gilman

Daniel Coit Gilman

male, deceased (1908)
President of Johns Hopkins University Bonesman Yale College New Haven state legislature Yale University alumni
Daniel Coit Gilman was an American educator. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Gilman graduated from Yale College in 1852 with a degree in geography.... More
Oliver Wolcott

Oliver Wolcott

male, deceased (1797)
Militia general in the American Revolution Major General signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence American Revolutionary War Governor of Connecticut lieutenant governor … Yale College
Oliver Wolcott (December 1, 1726 - December 1, 1797), was a signer of the United States' Declaration of Independence as a representative of... More