Charles Chauncy | |
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President of Harvard College | |
In office 1654–1672 | |
Preceded by | Henry Dunster |
Succeeded by | Leonard Hoar |
Personal details | |
Born | 1592 Ardeley (then known as Yardley),[1] Hertfordshire |
Died | February 19, 1672 Cambridge, Massachusetts | (aged 79)
Charles Chauncy (baptized 5 November 1592 – 19 February 1672) was an Anglo-American Congregational clergyman, educator, and secondarily, a physician.[2] He was the second President of Harvard.