John H. Hobart
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1775 – 1830
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Who was John H. Hobart?
John Henry Hobart was the third Episcopal bishop of New York. He vigorously promoted the extension of the Episcopal Church in Central and Western New York. He founded the General Theological Seminary in New York City and Geneva College, later renamed Hobart Free College in 1852 after him, in Geneva, in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York.
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- Born
- Sep 14, 1775
Philadelphia - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Princeton University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Sep 12, 1830
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on July 23, 2013
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