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Samuel Locke (educator)
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Samuel Locke | |
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| President of Harvard College | |
| In office 1770–1773 | |
| Preceded by | John Winthrop |
| Succeeded by | John Winthrop |
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| Born | November 23, 1732 |
| Died | January 15, 1778 (aged 45) |
| Education | Harvard College |
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Samuel Locke (November 23, 1732 – January 15, 1778) was an American Congregational clergyman and educator.
Biography
Samuel Locke was born in Woburn, Massachusetts on November 23, 1732.[1] He was the son of Samuel Locke and Rebecca (Richardson) Locke Wilder.[2]
He graduated from Harvard College in 1755, where he was a classmate of future American President and founding father John Adams.[3] He was ordained at Sherburne 7 Nov 1759.[4]
He married Mary Porter on 2 January 1760.[5] Mary was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Porter. Rev. Porter was a predecessor to Rev Locke at Sherburne. They had 3 children (2 sons and a daughter): Dr. Samuel Locke (1761-1788), Mary Locke (1763-1796), and John Locke (1765-1800).
After serving as pastor in Sherborn, Massachusetts, he was appointed president of Harvard College. He held that post from 1770 to 1773, when he resigned after his housemaid became pregnant.[6] He then returned to Sherborn, where he died of apoplexy.[1]
References
- 1 2 The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VI. James T. White & Company. 1896. p. 416. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Vital Records of Woburn. Births. p.154
- ↑ "We've moved".
- ↑ Locke, John Goodwin (1853). Book of the Lockes: A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of William Locke, of Woburn. With an Appendix Containing a History of the Lockes in England, Also of the Family of John Locke, of Hampton, N. H., and Kindred Families and Individuals. J. Munroe & Company.
- ↑ Vital Records of Natick, Marriages. p.175
- ↑ McCullough, David (2001). John Adams. Simon and Schuster. p. 47.
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