Eleazar Wheelock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eleazar Wheelock

President of Dartmouth College

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1711

Place of Birth: Windham, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 24-Apr-1779

Profession: educator, philanthropist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Eleazar Wheelock (April 22, 1711 – April 24, 1779) was an American Congregational minister, orator, and educator in Lebanon, Connecticut, for 35 years before founding Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
He had tutored Samson Occom, a Mohegan who became a Presbyterian minister and the first Native American to publish writings in English.
Before founding Dartmouth, Wheelock had founded and run the Moor's Charity School in Connecticut to educate Native Americans.
The college was primarily for the sons of English colonists.