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Jared Sparks

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American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister (1789-1866)

United States WritersLived 1789 to 1866 · aged 76

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Jared Sparks was an American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister. He served as President of Harvard College from 1849 to 1853.

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Jared Sparks, Thomas Sully, 1831

Jared Sparks, Thomas Sully, 1831

Five Harvard College/University presidents, sitting in order of when they served. Left-to-right: Josiah Quincy III, Edward Everett, Jared Sparks, James Walker and Cornelius Conway Felton.

Five Harvard College/University presidents, sitting in order of when they served. Left-to-right: Josiah Quincy III, Edward Everett, Jared Sparks, James Walker and Cornelius Conway Felton.

Grave of Jared Sparks at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Grave of Jared Sparks at Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Frederic Lawrence Holmes38.7

Laurance Labadie38.7 Piotr S. Wandycz38.7

Sarah Jane Woodson Early38.7

Richard Henry Savage38.7

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About this person

Country

United States

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Writers

Type

Writer / Author

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1789 to 1866 · aged 76

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