Noah Thomas Porter III (1811 - 1892)

Born 14 Dec 1811 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary J. (Taylor) Porter — married 13 Apr 1836 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Died 4 Mar 1892 at age 80 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Noah was born to Noah Porter Jr. and Mehitable Meigs^[1]

Christening

(16 Feb 1812) Farmington,Hartford Connecticut

He was born to Noah Porter Jr. ( 1781-1866) ( one of the first Minister of First Church of Christ. Congregation in Farmington Connecticut and his wife born Mehitable Meigs in Farmington Connecticut on December 14,1811. His younger sister was Sarah Porter founder of Miss Porter's School a college preparatory school for girls.

He graduated in 1831 from Yale College where he was a member of Linonian Society. On April 13 1836, in New Haven he married Mary Taylor daughter of Nathaniel Taylor (who presided over the creation of Yale Divinity School and created what came to be known as "New Haven theology") and his wife Rebecca Marie Hine. They has several children and two daughters survived them.

He was ordained as a Congregational Minister in New Milford Connecticut from 1836 to 1843. He served as pastor at a Congregational Church in Springfield Massachusetts from 1843 to 1846. He was elected professor of moral philosophy and metaphysics at Yale in 1846. Porter was inaugurated as President of Yale College on Wednesday October, 1871. He continued to serve as head of the College until 1886.

Porter edited several editions of Webster's Dictionary and wrote on education. He was influenced by the German refugee writer and philosopher Francis Lieber. Porter opposed Slavery and integrated an antislavery position with religious liberalism.

He was a frequent visitor to the Adirondack Mountains of New York. In 1875 was among the first recorded to make ascent of the peak. Later named Porter Mountain in his honor.

Notes

His best-known work Author: of philosophical works including " The Human Intellect" an Introduction upon Psychology and the Human Soul.

Of great importance were two others works Elements of Intellectual Science (1871) and Elements of Moral Science (1885)

Death

He died on March 4, 1892 in New Haven

Burial

Grove Street Cemetery New Haven

Sources

1. ↑ * "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 November 2018, 02:06), entry for Noah Porter(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KZNW-3PQ);

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