Jedidiah Morse
Jedidiah Morse ( July 23, 1761 , † June 9, 1826 ) was an American Calvinist clergyman and geographer.
life and work
He studied theology at Yale until 1786, when he was pastor in Charlestown, Massachusetts for about thirty years . His friends and numerous correspondents included Noah Webster , Benjamin Silliman, and Jeremy Belknap .
While teaching at a school for young women, he saw the need for a geography textbook. His American Geography , published in 1789, was also intended to develop a sense of nationality in the young United States. He was assisted by his younger son Sidney Edwards Morse (1794–1871) in creating the maps. The older, later inventor, Samuel FB Morse (1791–1872) devoted himself to painting.
Jedediah Morse also contributed to Dobson's Encyclopædia and refuted racist views about the Indian peoples published in the Encyclopædia Britannica . In 1796 he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
In three sermons in May 1798, he shared conspiracy theories on the Illuminati Order in New England in 1798/99 and supported John Robison , who had previously published Proofs of a Conspiracy .
Publications
- Geography Made Easy ; 1784
- American Geography Or A View of the Present Situation of the United States of Amerca ; 1789
- Universal Geography of the United States ; 1797
literature
- William Buell Sprague, The Life of Jedidiah Morse : New York, 1874
supporting documents
- ^ Jill Lepore: This America. Manifesto for a Better Nation , CH Beck, Munich 2020, p. 31
- ↑ Map Collection at davidrumsey.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morse, Jedidiah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Calvinist clergyman and geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1761 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1826 |