Ezra Stiles
American
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Significant name | Ezra Stiles House | Newport, RI | |||||
| 1755/00/00 | Rev Ezra Stiles works as Librarian of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. | Work | Redwood Library and Athenaeum | Newport, RI | |||
| 1755/10/00 | Ezra Stiles accepts the invitation of the Second Congregational Church of Newport, RI, to become its pastor. | Vocation | Clarke Street Meeting House | Newport, RI | |||
| 1778/00/00 | Ezra Stiles is elected to the presidency of Yale College. | Work | Yale Old Campus | New Haven, CT | |||
| 1779/07/04 | Yale President Ezra Stiles sights the British fleet approaching New Haven harbor through his telescope from the steeple of the college chapel. The student militia will assist in defending the town the next day. | Patriot | Yale Old Campus | New Haven, CT | |||
| 1795/00/00 | By the end of his term, Ezra Stiles fills the only two professorships at Yale: the Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and the Professorship of Divinity. | Work | Yale Old Campus | New Haven, CT |
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