Solomon Metcalf Allen

Solomon Metcalf Allen

Solomon Metcalf Allen (18 February 1789 — 23 September 1817) was a professor of languages at Middlebury College. He was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and studied at Andover Theological Seminary from 1813-1814. The rest of his career was spent at Middlebury College: tutoring from 1814-1816; Professor elect of Languages, 1816-1817. While attempting to repair a chimney on the roof of Painter Hall, he fell eight to ten feet down to the roof, then about forty feet to the ground. Allen succumbed to his injuries before 10:00pm that evening. [" [http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit/vtmiddle1812.html Middlebury College, VT, 1812-14] ". "RootsWeb". URL accessed 2006-09-14.] He was later highly eulogized in Carlos Wilcox's "Remains" (1828). [newgenbio|Allen, Solomon]

Further reading

*cite book
last = Hall
first = Frederick
authorlink =
title = Eulogy: On the Late Solomon Metcalf Allen, Professor of Languages in Middlebury College
publisher = Francis Burnap
date= 1818
pages = 16 pp

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