Jared SPARKS^[1]

1789 - 1866  (76 years)

• Name	Jared SPARKS
  Born	10 May 1789	Willington, Tolland, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Education	1815, Graduated Harvard College
  Occupation	President, Harvard University
  Died	14 Mar 1866	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I17523	Main
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	Joseph SPARKS,   b. 2 Feb 1761, Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut ,   d. 26 Jan 1826  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Eleanor ORCUTT,   b. 19 Oct 1767, Willington, Tolland, Connecticut
  Married	24 Dec 1789	Willington, Tolland, Connecticut
  Family ID	F6292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard RISLEY,   b. 2 Aug 1648, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut ,   d. 19 Oct 1728, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age 80 years)
  Children	+ 1. SPARKS,   d. ?
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F8461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 14 Mar 1866 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  JARED'S occupation was pastor from 1819 to 1823 at First IndependentChurch, Baltimore, Md. JARED'S occupation was professor of history and in 1849 became presidentof the university and resigned in 1853 JARED died March 14, 1866, at CAMBRIDGE, MASS. After being graduated from Harvard College in 1815, he studied theology at the Harvard Divinity School for a short period (1817-1818) served as editor of the North American Review. In 1818, he entered the Unitarian ministry, and in the following year became pastor of the First Independent Church, Balitmore, Md. He resigned in 1823, he bought the North American Review, which he edited until 1829, when he sold the periodical to devote all his time to historical research. He traveled extensively in the United States and Europe in an endeavor to consult all available source material. Appointed professor of history at Harvard in 1839, he organized the department there. In 1849 he became president of the university, but resigned four years later. He passed the rest of his life at Cambridge, collecting material for a proposed history of the American Revolution. He is best known for the writings for "THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON" (12 Vols.,1834-1837), which, though marred by exagerations and omissions, paved the way for future Washington scholars. "THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" (10 vols.,1836-1840), though it contains many omissions, was more carefully prepared.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.