Ezra Stiles (10 December [O.S. 29 November] 1727 – May 12, 1795) was an American educator, academic, Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He is noted as the seventh president of Yale College (1778–1795) and one of the founders of Brown University. According to religious historian Timothy L. Hall, Stiles' tenure at Yale distinguishes him as "one of the first great American college presidents."
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29 November 1727 North Haven, Connecticut Colony
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12 May 1795 (aged 67) New Haven, Connecticut
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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