John Bracken (priest)

John Bracken

9th President of the College of William & Mary
In office 1812–1814
Preceded by	James Madison
Succeeded by	John Augustine Smith
Personal details
Alma mater	College of William & Mary

John Bracken was an American priest of the Episcopal Church who was the rector of Bruton Parish Church and the ninth president of the College of William and Mary, serving from 1812 to 1814.^[1] In 1792, Bracken helped to reestablish the Grammar School at the College of William and Mary.^[2]

References

↑ "19th Century Presidents". College of William and Mary. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
↑ "Early Courses and Professors at William and Mary College". The William and Mary Quarterly 14 (2): 71–83. October 1905. JSTOR 1916340.

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Presidents of the College of William & Mary

James Blair (1693–1743)
William Dawson (1743–1752)
William Stith (1752–1755)
Thomas Dawson (1755–1760)
William Yates (1761–1764)
James Horrocks (1764–1771)
John Camm (1771–1776)
James Madison (1776–1812)
John Bracken (1812–1814)
John Augustine Smith (1814–1826)
William Holland Wilmer (1826–1827)
Adam Empie (1827–1836)
Thomas Roderick Dew (1836–1846)
Robert Saunders, Jr. (1846–1848)
John Johns (1849–1854)
Benjamin Stoddert Ewell (1854–1888)
Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1888–1919)
J. A. C. Chandler (1919–1934)
John Stewart Bryan (1934–1942)
John Pomfret (1942–1951)
Alvin Duke Chandler (1951–1960)
Davis Paschall (1960–1971)
Thomas Ashley Graves, Jr. (1971–1985)
George R. Healy # (1985)
Paul R. Verkuil (1985–1992)
Timothy J. Sullivan (1992–2005)
Gene Nichol (2005–2008)
W. Taylor Reveley III (2008– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim president.

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