Jeremiah Chamberlain | |
|---|---|
| 1st President of Oakland College | |
| In office 1830–1851 | |
| Succeeded by | Robert L. Stanton |
| 1st President of the College of Louisiana | |
| In office 1826–1828 | |
| Succeeded by | Henry H. Gird |
| 2nd President of Centre College | |
| In office 1822–1825 | |
| Preceded by | James McChord |
| Succeeded by | Gideon Blackburn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 5, 1794 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 5, 1851 (aged 57) Lorman, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery Alcorn, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Rebecca Blaine
(m. 1818; died 1836) |
| Education | Dickinson College Princeton Theological Seminary |
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Jeremiah Chamberlain (1794–1851) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and college administrator. Educated at Dickinson College and Princeton Theological Seminary, he served as the president of Centre College in Kentucky from 1822 to 1825.
He was founding president of the Presbyterian-affiliated Oakland College, near Rodney, Mississippi, serving from 1830 to his death in 1851. Known to favor abolition of slavery, he was a co-founder with major planters of the Mississippi Colonization Society. Affiliated with the American Colonization Society, it was formed to relocate free people of color from the state to West Africa, in the colony that developed as Liberia.
In 1850 Chamberlain still owned three slaves. The following year he was murdered during an argument with a pro-slavery planter.