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18. Apr. 2024 · Jonathan Dickinson (born April 22, 1688, Hatfield, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 7, 1747, Elizabethtown, New Jersey) was a prominent Presbyterian clergyman of the American colonial period and the first president of Princeton University.
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1663. Died. 1722 (aged 58–59) Jonathan Dickinson (1663–1722) was a merchant from Port Royal, Jamaica who was shipwrecked on the southeast coast of Florida in 1696, along with his family and the other passengers and crew members of the ship. He wrote about their experiences.
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Learn about Jonathan Dickinson, the founder and first president of Princeton, who owned an enslaved girl named Genny. Explore how his religious views influenced his views on slavery and education.
Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747), Princeton's first President, died after only four and a half months in office and is chiefly remembered for having been the leader of the little group who, in his words, "first concocted the plan and foundation of the College."
The Story of Jonathan Dickinson Jonathan Dickinson, an English planter from Jamaica, took passage with his wife and child on the ship Reformation in 1696. The Reformation was part of a convoy headed for Philadelphia in the colony of Pennsylvania. It never got there. On September 23rd and 24th a terrible storm out of the northeast broke up the ...
Jonathan Dickinson's journal, first published in 1699, is a harrowing narrative of shipwreck and captivity on a stretch of Florida’s Atlantic coast well outside of Spanish control and seldom seen by any English speaker, much less a Quaker merchant from Jamaica. The journey is the subject for an audio moment on the website of the Florida ...
26. Nov. 2013 · Jonathan Dickinson was the leader of the little group that, in his words, “first concocted the plan and foundation of the College.”. After graduating from the Collegiate School of Connecticut (later known as Yale University), Dickinson studied theology and became minister of the Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
