Theodore Dwight Woolsey

Educator and political scientist, born in New York, USA. A valedictorian at Yale (1820), he attended Princeton Theological Seminary until 1823, then completed his theological studies at Yale and Europe. He was professor of Greek at Yale (1831–46), then became its president (1846–71), during which time he taught history, political science, and international law. He was chairman of the American committee for the revision of the New Testament (1871–81). In addition to editions of Greek classics, he also wrote an Introduction to the Study of International Law (1860) and Political Science (1878).

He was born in New York City, graduated at Yale in 1820, and spent a year in legal study in Philadelphia, and two years of the study of theology at Princeton.

He resigned as president of Yale in 1871. During his 25 years as president, Yale advanced in wealth and influence and two new departments, the Scientific School and the School of Fine Arts, were begun. Woolsey was one of the founders of the New Englander, chairman of the American commission for the revision of the Authorized Version of the Bible, president of the World's Evangelical Alliance at its international meeting in New York, a lifelong member and at one time president of the American Oriental Society, and a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. an edition of Lieber's Civil liberty and Self Government, and:

Introduction to the study of International Law (1860, many times republished) Essays on Divorce and Divorce Legislation (1869) Religion of the Present and Future, a collections of sermons (1871) Political Science (1877) Communism and Socialism (1880) Helpful Thoughts for Young Men (1882)

Woolsey Hall at Yale is named in his memory.

This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.

Preceded by: Jeremiah Day

Presidents of Yale

Succeeded by: Noah Porter III