# Nathan S.S. Beman

> Nathan Sidney Smith Beman (1785-1871) was the fourth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was born in what is now New Lebanon, New York, on November 26, 1785. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1807. He then studied theology and preached in Portland, Maine, and Sparta, Georgia. In 1818, he became president of Franklin College in Athens, Georgia, which was the founding college of the University of Georgia, although he only served a year in that position. He then returned to preaching in Sparta, Georgia, at Mount Zion Presbyterian Church until 1822, when he became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York.

*American academic administrator*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Educator
- **Category:** Educators
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1785
- **Died:** 1871
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Nathan Sidney Smith Beman (1785-1871) was the fourth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was born in what is now New Lebanon, New York, on November 26, 1785. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1807. He then studied theology and preached in Portland, Maine, and Sparta, Georgia. In 1818, he became president of Franklin College in Athens, Georgia, which was the founding college of the University of Georgia, although he only served a year in that position. He then returned to preaching in Sparta, Georgia, at Mount Zion Presbyterian Church until 1822, when he became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 27.6

## Sources
- [Nathan S. S. Beman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_S._S._Beman)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6969320)

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