Edmund Otis Hovey (Wabash College)

Edmund Otis Hovey
Edmund Otis Hovey
Born	July 15, 1801 ; Hanover
Died	March 10, 1877 (aged 75); Crawfordsville
Alma mater	Thetford Academy; Dartmouth College; Andover Newton Theological School ;
Occupation	Priest; missionary; teacher; librarian ;
Employer	Wabash College ;
Children	Horace Carter Hovey

Edmund Otis Hovey (15 July, 1801 – 10 March, 1877), D.D. was an American Presbyterian minister and Wabash College founder. He was born in East Hanover, N.H., July 15, 1801. At twenty-one years of age he began his preparation for preaching the gospel, at Thetford Academy; in 1828 graduated from Dartmouth College, and in 1831 from Andover Theological Seminary. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Newburyport the same year, and sent as a missionary to Wabash, Indiana. His great work was in founding and building up Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, of which, in 1834, he was appointed financial agent and professor of rhetoric. Subsequently he was made professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. He was also treasurer and librarian. He died there, March 10, 1877. See (N.Y.) Evangelist, March 29, 1877.

This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper and Brothers.

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