Benjamin Labaree
American minister and college president
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Benjamin Labaree (June 3, 1801 – November 15, 1883)[1] was a minister, professor and the longest serving president of Middlebury College from 1840 until 1866.
Preceded byJoshua Bates
Succeeded byHarvey Denison Kitchel
BornJune 3, 1801
DiedNovember 15, 1883 (aged 82)
Benjamin Labaree | |
|---|---|
| President of Middlebury College | |
| In office 1840–1866 | |
| Preceded by | Joshua Bates |
| Succeeded by | Harvey Denison Kitchel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 3, 1801 |
| Died | November 15, 1883 (aged 82) |
Labaree was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire.[1] He was an 1828 graduate of Dartmouth College,[1] as well as a recipient of graduate degrees from the University of Vermont and Dartmouth.
His two sons were John C. Labaree, a Congregational minister at Randolph, Massachusetts, and Benjamin Labaree, a Presbyterian missionary to Persia from 1861 until his death in 1904.[1][2]
