- Artemas Wyman Sawyer
Artemas Wyman Sawyer (
4 March 1827 –5 August 1907 ) was an AmericanBaptist minister and educator. He was the president of Acadia College (nowAcadia University ) inNova Scotia ,Canada from 1869 to 1896.Born in
West Haven, Vermont , the son of the Reverend Reuben Sawyer and Laura Wyman, Sawyer was educated at the New London Academy and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1847 fromDartmouth College . After teaching inWindsor, Vermont for three years he attended the Newton Theological Institute and graduated in 1853. He was then ordained a minister of Baptist church inLawrence, Massachusetts .From 1855 to 1860, he was a professor of classics at Acadia College. From 1860 to 1864, he was the pastor of Baptist church in
Saratoga Springs, New York . He served as principal of New London Academy from 1864 to 1869. In 1869, he was appointed president of Acadic College succeedingJohn Mockett Cramp . He served until 1896.He died in West Haven, Vermont in 1907.
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