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Eleazar Wheelock: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College (A college in New Hampshire), was born on April 22, 1711, in Windham, Connecticut (additional info and facts about Windham, Connecticut) to Ralph Wheelock and Ruth Huntington. |
 | | Eleazar's success in preparing Occom for the ministry encouraged him to found a school for Native American Indians, with the purpose of instilling, in the boys, elements of secular and religious education, so that they could return to their native culture as missionaries. |
 | | Eleazar obtained a charter from King George III (additional info and facts about King George III) on December 13, 1769, over the objections of Samson Occom (additional info and facts about Samson Occom) and the English Board of Trustees headed by Lord Dartmouth who opposed the addition of the college. |
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