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Backus, Azel, 1765-1816


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    • Backus, Azel, 1765-1817
    • Backus, Dr. (Azel), 1765-1816

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    • Birth Date

        1765-10-13

    • Death Date

        1816-12-26

    • Birth Place

        Norwich (Conn.)

    • Associated Language

        English

    • Occupation

      (itoamc) Clergy

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      (itoamc) Educators

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    • found: His Absalom's conspiracy, 1798:t.p. (Azel Backus, A.M. Pastor of a church in Bethlem)
    • found: His Bethlehem in 1812, 1961:t.p. (Azel Backus)
    • found: LC in RLIN, 9/26/84(hdg.: Backus, Azel, 1765-1816)
    • found: Sprague, W.B. Annals of the American pulpit, v. 2, 1857, p. 281, etc. (Azel Backus, D.D.; Trinitarian Congregational clergyman; grad. Yale 1787; D.D., College of New Jersey, 1810; about 1787 took charge of a grammar school at Wethersfield, Conn.; began theological studies; licensed to preach by the Association of Tolland County in 1789; invited to supply the pulpit at Bethlehem, Conn. in 1791; opened a select school at Bethlehem to prepare young men for admission to college; elected first president of Hamilton College [at Clinton, N.Y.], 1812; his acknowledged publications are: A sermon at the funeral of Gov. Oliver Wolcott, 1897; Connecticut election sermon, 1798; A sermon on occasion of his inauguration as president of Hamilton College, 1812; A sermon on the ordination of John Frost, 1813, and A sermon at the ordination of John B. Whittlesey, 1814; also a liberal contributor to the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine; b. Norwich, Conn., Oct. 13, 1765; died of typhus fever, Dec. 8, 1817 [sic], in his 53rd year)
    • found: America's Historical Newspapers, via WWW, July 11, 2022:Civil and religious intelligencer, Sangerfield, N.Y., Jan. 6, 1817 (Dr. Backus; Rev. Azel Backus, D.D.; president of Hamilton College; died on the night of the 26th ultimo, of typhus fever, age 51)
    • found: MWA/NAIP files, July 11, 2022(access point: Backus, Azel, 1765-1816; note: year of death sometimes incorrectly stated as 1817; died [presumably at Clinton, N.Y.], Dec. 26, 1816)

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    • 1984-10-15: new
    • 2022-07-12: revised

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