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Stowe (CALVIN ELLIS an American)

CALVIN ELLIS, an American educator; born in Natick, Mass., April 6, 1802; was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1824, at Andover Seminary in 1828; and edited the Boston "Recorder" in 1829-1830. He was Professor of Greek at Dartmouth College in 1830-1832, and of Sacred Literature in Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, O., in 1833-1835. He married Harriet Elizabeth Beecher in January, 1836, and went to Europe to examine the public school systems. He was professor at Bowdoin in 1850; and at Andover in 1852-1864. His publications include a translation of Jahn's "Hebrew Commonwealth" (1829); "Lectures on the Poetry of the Hebrews" (1829); "Report on Elementary Education in Europe"; "Introduction to the Criticism and Interpretation of the Bible" (1835); and "Origin and History of the Books of the Bible" (1867); also addresses and pamphlets. He died in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 22, 1886.