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Andrews Norton

Hingham, Massachusetts, 1786 - 1853, Newport, Rhode Island

BiographyBiographical information below from the Social Networks and Archival Content Cooperative (http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6df76zq accessed 2/22/19 M Phelps)

Author, Biblical scholar, and educator Andrews Norton was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard in 1804. After graduate school, he started several different careers before beginning a long-term association with Harvard in 1813; his roles included Librarian, and Professor of Sacred Literature. He worked on various literary projects, became involved in Harvard politics, and taught a generation of New England ministers who became Transcendentalists, including Emerson. He later publicly contested Transcendentalist views in a long and bitter feud, and his ultra-conservative stance and personal attacks on former students have made him a controversial figure despite a considerable body of other work.

From the description of Andrews Norton letter to My dear sister, circa 1842. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 69937200

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