Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
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Name (Latin)
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
Other forms of name
Author of the American gazetteer, 1761-1826
Author of the American universal geography, 1761-1826
American gazetteer, Author of the, 1761-1826
American universal geography, Author of the, 1761-1826
Morse, Jedediah, 1761-1826
Date of birth
1761-08-23
Date of death
1826-06-09
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Dexter, F.B. Biog. sketches of the grads. of Yale Coll., v. 4(Jedidiah Morse; grad. 1783; conducted school for young ladies in New Haven, 1783-84; in charge of academy in Norwich, Conn., 1785-1786; tutor at Yale, 1786-87; preached in Midway, Georgia and N.Y.C.; pastor First Congregational Church, Charlestown, Mass., 1789-1820; removed to New Haven 1820; b. Aug. 23, 1761; d. June 9, 1826)
- His Geography made easy, 1802:t.p. (author of the American universal geography, and the American gazetteer)
- His A discourse, delivered at the African Meeting House, in Boston, 1808:t.p. (Jedidiah Morse)
- Dexter, F.B. Biog. sketches of the grads. of Yale Coll., v. 4(Jedidiah Morse; grad. 1783; conducted school for young ladies in New Haven, 1783-84; in charge of academy in Norwich, Conn., 1785-1786; tutor at Yale, 1786-87; preached in Midway, Georgia and N.Y.C.; pastor First Congregational Church,Charlestown, Mass., 1789-1820; removed to New Haven 1820; b. Aug. 23, 1761; d. June 9, 1826)
- His A sermon delivered before the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at a public installation of the officers of the Corinthian Lodge, at Concord, in the county of Middlesex, June 25th, 1798, 1798:t.p. (Jedediah Morse)
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Jedidiah Morse by Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872)
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Jedidiah Morse (August 23, 1761 – June 9, 1826) was an American geographer and preacher whose textbooks became a staple for students in the United States. He was the father of the telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel Morse, and his textbooks earned him the sobriquet of "father of American geography".
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