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| | Jonathan Edwards |
 | | Edwards was born into a family of prominent Congregational ministers in East Windsor, Connecticut in 1703. |
| | After briefly serving congregations in New York and Bolton, Connecticut, Edwards returned to Yale where he completed his Masters of Arts degree and became senior tutor in 1724. |
| | In 1725, the church in Northampton chose Edwards to succeed his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard -- the so-called "pope of the Connecticut valley." The most notable events of his tenure were the revivals of 1734 and 1740-41, the latter of which came to be known as the Great Awakening. |
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