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Samuel Stanhope Smith
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1751 – 1819
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Who was Samuel Stanhope Smith?
Samuel Stanhope Smith was a Presbyterian minister, founding president of Hampden-Sydney College and the seventh president of the College of New Jersey from 1795 to 1812. His stormy career ended in his enforced resignation. His words - "If reason and charity cannot promote the cause of truth and piety, I cannot see how it should ever flourish under the withering fires of wrath and strife" - ironically epitomize his career.
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- Born
- Mar 15, 1751
Pequea - Education
- Princeton University
- Employment
- President, Princeton University
(1795 - 1812)
- President, Princeton University
- Died
- Aug 21, 1819
- Resting place
- Princeton Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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