Adam Empie

Adam Empie
Rev. Adam Empie
12th President of the
College of William & Mary
In office
1827–1836
Preceded byWilliam Holland Wilmer
Succeeded byThomas Roderick Dew
Personal details
BornSeptember 7, 1785
Schenectady, New York, United States
DiedNovember 6, 1860 (1860-11-07) (aged 75)
Wilmington, North Carolina
Resting placeOakdale Cemetery
SpouseAnn Eliza Wright
ChildrenAdam Empie Jr., John Joshua Empie, Anna Catharina Shepard, Charles Wright Empie, Lucy Wooster Brown, Zusan Wright Smead and Ann Smith Hill.
Alma materUnion College (1807)
ProfessionEducator, priest

Adam Empie (September 7, 1785 – November 6, 1860) was an Episcopal priest in North Carolina and Virginia, who also taught and served as President of the College of William and Mary.[1]

  1. ^ HERRINGSHAW'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF' AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY (1906) page 341