Ebenezer Porter
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Ebenezer Porter (May 5, 1772 – April 8, 1834), D.D., was an American minister and writer.
The son of Vermont politician and judge Thomas Porter, Ebenezer was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on May 5, 1772. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1792, studied theology in Bethlehem, Connecticut, and in 1796 became pastor of the Congregational church in Washington, Connecticut.
In 1812 he was appointed professor of sacred rhetoric at Andover Theological Seminary, and he was appointed the academy's president in 1827, retaining both positions until his death.
In 1814 Dartmouth College awarded Porter an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.
