Hosea Ballou II | |
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 Hosea Ballou II, 1858 | |
| 1st President of Tufts College | |
| In office 1853–1861 | |
| Succeeded by | Alonzo Ames Miner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 18, 1796 Guilford, Vermont |
| Died | May 27, 1861 (aged 64) Medford, Massachusetts |
Hosea Ballou II (October 18, 1796 – May 27, 1861) was an American Universalist minister and the first president of Tufts University from 1853 to 1861.[1] Ballou was named after his uncle and went by the name "Hosea Ballou 2d. " Publishers, friends, editors, Tufts College staff, and others generally followed this example. The title of this article reflects the more recent generational suffix usage of the Roman numeral II for those named for an uncle. Ballou used the ordinal number suffix "2d" rather than "2nd."
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 282.