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Calvin Ellis Stowe

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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Date: 20080424
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Calvin Ellis Stowe , 1802-86, American educator, b. Natick, Mass., grad. Bowdoin College, 1824, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1828; husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was professor of Greek (1831-33) at Dartmouth and of sacred literature (1833-50) at Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, of which Lyman Beecher was president. He married Harriet Beecher in 1836. He was also professor of religion (1850-52) at Bowdoin and of sacred literature (1852-64) at Andover Theological Seminary. While in Cincinnati, Stowe became interested in the improvement of the public elementary schools; the ...

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