• Source: James Clark (college president)

      • James Clark was the fifth president of Washington College
      Clark was born on March 9, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1830. He was ordained by the Presbyterian Church on November 8, 1837. Before and after his presidency at Washington College, he was pastor at various churches in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He was elected the fifth president of Washington College on May 6, 1850, where he was also Professor of Mental and Moral Science, and of the Hebrew, French and German Languages and Literature. Clark resigned the presidency on July 13, 1852.


      See also


      Washington & Jefferson College
      President of Washington & Jefferson College


      References


      J. H. Battle, ed. (1887). History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co. pp. 930.
      Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, ed. (1889). "Rev. James Clark, D.D.". History of the Presbytery of Washington. Philadelphia: J.B. Rodgers. p. 178.
      Symmes, Frank Rosebrook (1904). "Chapter XIII - Reverend James Clark, D.D. 1837-1839". History of the Old Tennent Church (2 ed.). Cranberry, New Jersey: G.W. Burroughs. p. 132.

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