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The Rev. Ezra Stiles ( November 29, 1727 - May 12, 1795) was a Congregational clergyman, and President of Yale College from 1778 to 1795. He was also a dedicated supporter of the American Revolutionary cause and an avid amateur scientist who corresponded with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin about scientific discoveries.

He married twice and had eight children. He owned at least one slave, named Newport, whom he freed on June 9, 1778.


Preceded by:
Naphtali Daggett

Presidents of Yale

Succeeded by:
Timothy Dwight IV

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Ezra Stiles is also the name of a residential college at Yale University. It is among the newest of the university's 13 residential colleges, and is well known for its successes in acquiring the Kimble and the Tyng Cup. Its mascot is the moose; this arose from the donation, by A. Bartlett Giamatti, of a stuffed moose's head, which is currently decomposing away in the Ezra Stiles Dining Hall.





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