Jeremiah Day

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Jeremiah Day was an American academic who served as the long-time president of Yale College in the early 19th century.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
human ⓘ
university president ⓘ
academicDiscipline natural philosophy ⓘ
burialPlace Grove Street Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1773-08-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1867-08-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Williams College ⓘ
Yale College ⓘ
employer Yale College ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yankee ⓘ
familyName Day ⓘ
fieldOfWork higher education administration ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
givenName Jeremiah ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
name Jeremiah Day ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor long-time presidency of Yale College in the early 19th century ⓘ
notableStudent Benjamin Silliman ⓘ
Denison Olmsted ⓘ
notableWork A Practical Application of the Principles of Geometry to the Mensuration of Superficies and Solids ⓘ
A Treatise of Plane Trigonometry ⓘ
A Treatise of Spherical Trigonometry ⓘ
An Introduction to Algebra ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
college president ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
parent Rev. Jeremiah Day ⓘ
partOf history of Yale University ⓘ
placeOfBirth Litchfield County, Connecticut ⓘ
New Preston, Connecticut ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
positionHeld President of Yale College ⓘ
professor at Yale College ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
residence New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Thomas Day ⓘ
spouse Martha Sherman ⓘ
workLocation New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ

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