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| [{{ :wheaton_nathaniel_sheldon.jpg?350|Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton, ca. 1831. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}] | [{{ :wheaton_nathaniel_sheldon.jpg?350|Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton, ca. 1831. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}] |
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| Born in 1792 in Washington, Connecticut, Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton graduated from Yale College and was ordained an [[episcopal|Episcopal]] priest in 1818. Elected assistant rector of Christ Church in [[hartford|Hartford]] and secretary of the [[trustees|Trustees]] of the newly chartered [[washington_college|Washington College]] (now Trinity College), Wheaton was sent in 1823 by the trustees to England to obtain financial support and book donations for the College. Between October 1823 and November 1824, he remained in England long enough to raise about $2,000, some of which he spent to purchase scientific equipment and about a thousand books for what became Washington College's [[library|library]]. He published an extensive account of his travels in the //Episcopal Watchman// in 1827-1829. | Born in 1792 in Washington, Connecticut, Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton graduated from Yale College and was ordained an [[episcopal|Episcopal]] priest in 1818. Elected assistant rector of Christ Church in [[hartford|Hartford]] and secretary of the [[trustees|Trustees]] of the newly chartered [[washington_college|Washington College]] (now Trinity College), Wheaton was sent in 1823 by the trustees to England to obtain financial support and book donations for the College. Between October 1823 and November 1824, he remained in England long enough to raise about $2,000, some of which he spent to purchase scientific equipment and about a thousand [[wheaton_s_library|books]] for what became Washington College's [[library|library]]. He published an extensive account of his travels in the //Episcopal Watchman// in 1827-1829. |
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| As a Trustee of Washington College, Wheaton sat on a committee to plan a course of study and discipline for the students. He also published what historian Glenn Weaver deemed "the first catalogue of the College." In April 1826, during what was a period of difficult finances for the institution, Wheaton was appointed to a committee of the Trustees charged with increasing the funds for the College. Two years later, amidst these duties to the College, Wheaton became the first rector of Hartford's African Mission School, an Episcopal institution devoted to training African-American clergy to become missionaries or teachers in Africa. | As a Trustee of Washington College, Wheaton sat on a committee to plan a course of study and discipline for the students. He also published what historian Glenn Weaver deemed "the first catalogue of the College." In April 1826, during what was a period of difficult finances for the institution, Wheaton was appointed to a committee of the Trustees charged with increasing the funds for the College. Two years later, amidst these duties to the College, Wheaton became the first rector of Hartford's African Mission School, an Episcopal institution devoted to training African-American clergy to become missionaries or teachers in Africa. |
