Milo Parker Jewett
| Milo Parker Jewett | |
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 A portrait of Jewett | |
| 1st President of Vassar College | |
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In office 1861–1864 | |
| Preceded by | Inaugural holder |
| Succeeded by | John H. Raymond |
| 1st President of Judson College | |
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In office 1838–1855 | |
| Preceded by | Inaugural holder |
| Succeeded by | Archibald John Battle |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1808 St. Johnsbury, Vermont, US |
| Died | 1882 |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Educator, college president |
| Religion | Baptist |
Milo Parker Jewett (1808–1882) was a US educator, born at St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
Jewett was a graduate of Dartmouth College (1828) and Andover Theological Seminary (1833). He became professor of rhetoric and political economy two years later in Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, then resigned in 1838 after adopting Baptist tenets.
He was the founder (1838) and first president of Judson College, a Baptist women's college in Marion, Alabama. He conducted the college until 1855. He then established a college for women in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, where he aided Matthew Vassar in planning Vassar College, of which he became the first president in February 1861.[1] The Milo Jewett House at Vassar is named after him in honor of both his promotion of female education and his service to the college. After a disagreement with Vassar, he resigned from his office in spring 1864[1] and in 1867 removed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His publications include:
- Baptism (1840)
- Education in Europe (1863)
- Relations of Boards of Health and Intemperance (1874)
- The Model Academy (1875)
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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