Timothy Dwight, IV - New Haven, CT
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The grave of poet, clergyman, scholar and the eighth president of Yale College, Timothy Dwight, IV, is located in Grove Street Cemetery at 227 Grove St., New Haven, CT.
Waymark Code: WM10C60
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2019
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The grave of Timothy Dwight, IV is marked by a 7' high stone monument with a 4' high by 2' wide square base with a 3' high pyramid on top. The front of the base contains a bronze plaque which is inscribed in Latin:
HIC SEPULTUS JACET
VIR ADMODUM REVERENDUS
TIMOTHEUS DWIGHT S.T.D, LL.D.
COLLEGII YALENIS PRAESES
ET EJUSEM
SACROSANCTAE THEOLOGIAE PROFESSOR
QUI
DE LITERIS, DE RELIGIONE, DE PATRIA
OPTIME MERITUS;
MAXIMO SUORUM ET BONORUM OMNIUM
DESIDERIO
MORTEM OBIIT
DIE XI JANUAR, ANNO DOMINI
MDCCCXVII
AETATIS SUAE
LXV
ECCLESIAE GREENFIELDIENSIS PASTOR
ANNOS XII
COLLEGII YALENSIS TUTOR
VI
PRAESES XXII.
SENATUS
COLLEGII YALENSIS
HOC SAXUM PONENDUM
CURAVIT.
HERE IS BURIED
REV. TIMOTHY DWIGHT S.T.D, LL.D.
COLLEGE PRESIDENT OF YALE
AND ITS
SACRED THEOLOGY PROFESSOR
WHO
IN LETTERS, RELIGION, CITIZENSHIP
WAS AWARDED WELL DESERVED;
MAXIMUM AND COMPLETE HONORS
HE DIED
11 JANUARY, YEAR OF THE LORD
1817
AGE OF
65
MINISTER IN GREENFIELD HILL
12 YEARS
YALE COLLEGE GUARDIAN
6
PRESIDENT
22.
SENATE
OF YALE COLLEGE
PLACED
THIS IS MONUMENT
Timothy Dwight, IV was born May 15, 1752 in Northampton, MA. He graduated from Yale College at age 17 in 1769. He served as a congregational at minister at Greenfield Hill church in Fairfield, CT for 12 years where he established a prestigious teaching academy. From 1795 to his death in 1817 he was the president of Yale College.
While at Yale College and became a member of a group of poets and writers, along with Joel Barlow, David Humphreys, John Trumbull, and Lemuel Hopkins, known as the “Hartford Wits.” In their writings they satirized society and the politics of the mid-1780s. Dwight wrote a series poems and songs, several of which were inspired by the soldiers of the American Revolutionary War. His most famous of these works was the song “Columbia”. His 1785 poem "The Conquest of Canaan" (1794) was 11 books long and is considered to be the first American epic poem.
Poems by Timothy Dwight, IV include:
"Columbia"
"The Conquest of Canaan"
"Greenfield Hill, a poem in seven parts"
"The Major Poem"
"The Smooth Divine"
"Love To The Church"
"The Triumph of Infidelity"
His most important book was the four volume set:
Travels in New England and New York (1821-1822).
In addition many of his sermons were published, including:
Virtuous Rulers a National Blessing
A Discourse on the Genuineness and Authenticity of the New Testament.
A Sermon, Preached at Northampton ... occasioned by the capture of the British Army.
The Nature and Danger of Infidel Philosophy
A Discourse ... on the character of George Washington
The Folly, Guilt, and Mischiefs of Duelling
A Sermon Preached at the Opening of the Theological Institution in Andover
The Dignity and Excellence of the Gospel
A Discourse in Two Parts ... On the public fast
Theology: Explained and defended in a series of sermons. (5 volumes)
A Treatise on the Sabbath