James Manning
James Manning (born October 22, 1738 in Elizabethtown , Province of New Jersey , † July 29, 1791 in Providence , Rhode Island ) was an American pastor of the Baptist Church and delegate to the Continental Congress .
Life
Mannig studied at Hopewell Academy and the College of New Jersey . In 1763 he was ordained a pastor in a Baptist church. He followed a call from the Philadelphia Baptist Association to Warren, Rhode Island , to set up a seminary. He was also a pastor there and founded a Latin school in addition to the Warren Baptist Association . In 1765 he became the first president of the College of Rhode Island . In 1770, the college that later became Brown University moved to Providence.
From 1785 to 1786 Manning was a member of the Continental Congress as a representative of Rhode Islands. He is considered a pioneer in general schooling in the United States.
Individual evidence
- ^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Manning, James (1738-1791) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 425 (English).
Web links
- James Manning in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
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| SURNAME | Manning, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Baptist pastor and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elizabethtown , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1791 |
| Place of death | Providence , Rhode Island |