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Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater
1813–1883
A nineteenth-century minister, teacher, and thinker, he spent decades shaping religious and philosophical debate in New England and at Princeton. His writing and teaching made him known as a wide-ranging scholar with a gift for clear argument.
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About the author
Born in Cedar Hill, near New Haven, Connecticut, in 1813, he entered Yale at a young age and graduated in 1831 before continuing his theological studies there. After an early period teaching in Baltimore and serving briefly as a tutor at Yale, he became pastor of the Congregational Church in Fairfield, Connecticut, where he remained for about twenty years.
In 1854 he moved to Princeton, where he became professor of intellectual and moral philosophy at the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University. He also served for a time as lecturer in Princeton Theological Seminary, bringing together interests in philosophy, theology, politics, economics, and public controversy.
He later became associated with The Princeton Review and was remembered as an energetic Presbyterian scholar and controversialist. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1883, leaving behind a reputation for breadth of learning and strong, engaged religious thought.