Leonard Woods (college president)

Leonard Woods

4th President of Bowdoin College
In office
1839–1866
Preceded by| William Allen
Succeeded by| Samuel Harris
Personal details
Born| November 24, 1807
Newbury, Massachusetts
Died| December 24, 1878(1878-12-24) (aged 71)
Boston, Massachusetts
Alma mater| Union College
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Leonard Woods (November 24, 1807 – December 24, 1878)[1] was the fourth president of Bowdoin College.

## Life and career

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Born in Newbury, Massachusetts, Woods attended Phillips Andover Academy before graduating from Union College in 1827[2] with Phi Beta Kappa honors and membership in The Kappa Alpha Society. After having graduated from Andover Theological Seminary, he made a translation of George Christian Knapp's Christian Theology, which became long used as a textbook in American theological seminaries.

When he became president of Bowdoin in 1839, he was only 32 years old. He held his position until 1866. During his tenure, the College built Appleton Hall, the Chapel, and Adams Hall, which housed the Medical School of Maine and the undergraduate laboratories. Woods was a recipient of advanced degrees from Colby College, Harvard University, and Bowdoin. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1845.[3]

Woods died in 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Woods, "while an object of suspicion to many contemporaries because of his pronounced opposition to the abolitionist movement," was remembered as "an inspiring teacher and a man of unusual breadth of scholarship and culture."[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Descendants of Samuel Woods (B. 1686 in England)". Archived from the original on November 16, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Woods, Leonard § LEONARD WOODS (1807–1878)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 803.LEONARD+WOODS+(1807–1878)&rft.btitle=Encyclopædia+Britannica&rft.pages=803&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Leonard+Woods+(college+president)" class="Z3988">
3. ^ "American Antiquarian Society Members Directory". americanantiquarian.org. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
4. ^ William A. Robinson, Thomas B. Reed, Parliamentarian, p.8, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1930.

## External links

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* "Leonard Woods Collection, 1818-1964, n.d. (bulk 1818-1879) (Bowdoin - George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives)". library.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved November 9, 2016.

Preceded by

William Allen

|  President of Bowdoin College
1839–66  | Succeeded by

Samuel Harris

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Presidents of Bowdoin College

* Joseph McKeen (1802–1807)
* Jesse Appleton (1807–1819)
* William Allen (1820–1839)
* Leonard Woods (1839–1866)
* Samuel Harris (1867–1871)
* Joshua Chamberlain (1871–1883)
* William DeWitt Hyde (1885–1917)
* Kenneth C.M. Sills (1918–1952)
* James S. Coles (1952–1967)
* Roger Howell, Jr. (1969–1978)
* Willard F. Enteman (1978–1980)
* A. LeRoy Greason (1981–1990)
* Robert Hazard Edwards (1990–2000)
* Barry Mills (2001–2015)
* Clayton Rose (2015–2023)
* Safa R. Zaki (2023- )

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