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Jedidiah Morse (* 23. Juli 1761; † 9. Juni 1826) war ein amerikanischer calvinistischer Geistlicher und Geograph . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben und Werk. 2 Veröffentlichungen. 3 Literatur. 4 Belege. Leben und Werk. Morse, Africa, 1796.
Jedidiah Morse [1] (August 23, 1761 – June 9, 1826) was a geographer whose textbooks became a staple for students in the United States. He was the father of the telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel Morse, and his textbooks earned him the sobriquet of "father of American geography."
- Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese
27. März 2024 · Jedidiah Morse (born Aug. 23, 1761, Woodstock, Conn., U.S.—died June 9, 1826, New Haven, Conn.) was an American Congregational minister and geographer, who was the author of the first textbook on American geography published in the United States, Geography Made Easy (1784). His geographical writings dominated the field in the ...
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29. Mai 2018 · Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), American geographer and clergyman, was most influential for his dissemination of geographical knowledge about the American continent. Jedidiah Morse was born in Woodstock, Conn., on Aug. 23, 1761, the son of a Congregationalist minister.
This research considers several important questions about Jedidiah Morse that appear to have gone largely unconsidered by geographers about Morse's influ-ence in geography. Why has Morse's legacy been minor? Were his contribu-tions considered to be less shifting of the paradigm than would have been
Overview. Jedidiah Morse. (1761—1826) Quick Reference. (1761–1826), minister of the First Congregational Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, active in missionary work among the Native Americans and also in opposing emergent Unitarianism. Morse's Geography Made Easy (1784), long ...
Scope and arrangement. The papers document the career and personal life of Jedidiah Morse through letters, sermons and his journal of a visit to the Isle of Shoals (August 1805). The letters concern his military discharge (1779), geography and religious matters.
