John Henry Livingston

John Henry Livingston

The Reverend John Henry Livingston (May 30, 1746 – 25 January 1825) was the fourth President of Queen's College (now Rutgers University) serving from 1810 until his death in 1825.

Biography

He was born on May 30, 1746 near Poughkeepsie, New York. He graduated from Yale College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1762. He earned a Doctor of Theology from the University of Utrecht and was ordained into the ministry by the Classis of Amsterdam in 1770. Subsequent to his return from the Netherlands, Livingston served as a pastor to the Reformed Church in New York City, becoming a leading figure in the church and negotiating the peaceful reunifications of its two opposing factions. Livingston married his second cousin, Sarah Livingston, a daughter of Philip Livingston and Christina Ten Broek, on November 26, 1775 in Kingston, New York. [cite web |url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=viccork77&id=I8464 |title=Sarah Livingston |accessdate=2008-07-25 |quote= |publisher=Rootsweb ]

When Queen's College offered him the presidency as early as 1807, he initially declined. However, the Trustees continued to offer, and Livingston accepted the post in 1810. He was also a professor of theology. Queen's College fell into financial trouble and was forced to close its doors in 1816. Livingston continued teaching at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary (which shared facilities with Queen's College), continued to lobby and fundraise for the reopening of Queen's College, which would happen ten months after his death in 1825.cite web |url=http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/university_archives/condict.shtml |title= John Henry Livingston, 1810-1825 |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=In 1810, the Reverend John Henry Livingston (1746-1825), left the Reformed Dutch Church in New York City and headed for New Brunswick, to preside as the new President and Professor of Theology of Queen's College. The most influential minister in the Dutch Church at that time, he had agreed to accept the position with limited responsibilities to the College. But to the theological students who came under his wing, he would devote his undivided attention. Livingston was born in Dutchess County, near Poughkeepsie, N.Y., graduated from Yale College in 1762, and by 1766, the year Queen's College was founded, set sail for Amsterdam to study theology. He was licensed and ordained by the Classis of Amsterdam in April 1770, and one month later received the degree of doctor of theology from the University of Utrecht. ... |publisher=Rutgers University ]

ee also

*Livingston family

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