History of Atkinson, (Rockingham County) New Hampshire United States of America

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The Biography of William Cogswell

William Cogswell, educator, was born in Atkinson, N. H., June 5, 1787. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1811. He was a teacher for two years, then studied theology and was ordained in 1815 and installed as pastor of the South church, Dedham, Mass. He resigned his pastorate in 1829 to become general agent of the American education society, and from 1832 to 1842 was its secretary and director. He was a trustee of Andover theological seminary, 1837-45. He occupied the chair of history and national education in Dartmouth, 1841-44, and was president and professor of Christian theology in the Gilmanton theological seminary, 1844-50. He received the degree of A.M. from Brown in 1844 and from Harvard in 1816, and that of D.D. from Williams in 1833. He edited the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, the New Hampshire Repository, and the American Quarterly Register. He published sermons, and Manual of Theology and Devotion; Assistant to Family Religion; Christian Philanthropist; Theological Class Book; Harbinger of the Millenium; Letters to Young Men; and various Reports. He died at Gilmanton, N. H., April 18, 1850.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor