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Samuel Stanhope Smith.
American clergyman and educator (1751–1819); president of Princeton university
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About Samuel Stanhope Smith
Samuel Stanhope Smith was a Presbyterian minister, founding president of Hampden–Sydney College and the seventh president of the College of New Jersey from 1795 to 1812. His stormy career ended in his forced resignation. His words – "If reason and charity cannot promote the cause of truth and piety, I cannot see how it should ever flourish under the withering fires of wrath and strife" – epitomize his career.
Everything about Samuel Stanhope Smith →- Occupation
- writer, politician
- Position held
- minister
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 15, 1751, 1750
- Died
- August 21, 1819, 1819