Timothy Dwight IV

The Reverend Timothy Dwight IV
An 1817 portrait of Dwight by John Trumbull
8th President of Yale University
In office 1795–1817
Preceded by	Ezra Stiles
Succeeded by	Jeremiah Day
Personal details
Born	(1752-05-14)May 14, 1752 Northampton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died	January 11, 1817(1817-01-11) (aged 64) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place	Grove Street Cemetery New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Spouse	Mary Woolsey
Children	8, including Sereno and William
Relatives	Theodore (brother) Theodore Dwight Woolsey (nephew) Theodore Dwight (nephew) Timothy Dwight V (grandson)
Alma mater	Yale College

Timothy Dwight (May 14, 1752 – January 11, 1817) was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College (1795–1817).^[1]