23-440: Hollis Chair may refer to: Hollis Chair of Divinity , a chair established at Harvard College Hollis Chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy , a chair established at Harvard College Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hollis Chair . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
46-616: A Calvinist theological manual by William Ames . The chair was first unoccupied, briefly, from 1803 to 1805, when the Puritans at Harvard ceded power to the Unitarians ; in 1805, Unitarian Henry Ware assumed the post. Proponents of the Unitarian faction pointed out that it would be impossible to find a man orthodox enough for the 1720s in the early nineteenth century; "orthodox" they interpreted as following "the general sentiment of
69-572: A cow on the Harvard Yard , but until 2009 none but the first two Hollis professors had done so. In 2009, upon his retirement, theologian Harvey Cox restored the tradition and chose Faith, a Jersey cow belonging to the Farm School in Athol, Massachusetts . Although Hollis was a Baptist , he had enough faith in the liberal and tolerant atmosphere at Harvard to endow the chair and allow
92-416: A few votes to others. Neither Quincy nor Otis had a majority, so neither was elected. They both withdrew their candidacies, and John Phillips was elected Boston's first mayor. In 1823 Quincy was elected as the second mayor of Boston; he served six one-year terms from 1823 to 1828. During his terms as mayor, Quincy Market was built, the fire and police departments were reorganized, and the city's care of
115-405: A high school for girls. The school was instituted January 13, 1825, and before the end of the second year had become so popular, the applicants for admission were so numerous, so many parents were disappointed that children were not received, the demand for larger and better accommodations involved such additional expenditures, that the school committee, under the lead of the mayor, Josiah Quincy, met
138-640: A member of the Massachusetts Senate until 1820. In 1821–22, he was a member and speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . Quincy resigned from the legislature to become judge of the municipal court of Boston. Quincy was a candidate for mayor of Boston in Boston's first election under a city charter, held on April 8, 1822 . The votes of this first election were evenly split between Quincy and Harrison Gray Otis , with
161-541: Is an endowed chair at Harvard Divinity School . It was established in 1721 by Thomas Hollis , a wealthy English merchant and benefactor of the university, at a salary of £80 per year. It is the oldest endowed chair in the United States, the first professorship in theology in the country, and in the early 19th century it was considered to be "the most prestigious endowed professorship in America". The terms for
184-763: Is named in his honor. A panel of 69 scholars in 1993 ranked him among the ten best mayors in American history. Quincy was born February 4, 1772, in Boston , on the part of present-day Washington Street in Boston then known as Marlborough Street. He was the son of Josiah Quincy II and Abigail Phillips. He was a descendant of the Rev. George Phillips of Watertown , the progenitor of the New England Phillips family in America. Quincy's father traveled to England in 1774, partly for his health but mainly as an agent of
207-675: The Massachusetts Senate from 1804 to 1805. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1803. From 1805 to 1813, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives where he was one of the small Federalist minority. In the dark days of the Embargo in the second term of President Thomas Jefferson , he suggested his impeachment. In Congress, he attempted to secure
230-582: The Patriot cause to meet with the friends of the colonists in London. Josiah Quincy II died off the coast of Gloucester , England on April 26, 1775, when Josiah was a little over three years old. Josiah Quincy III entered Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts , when it opened in 1778, and graduated from Harvard University in 1790. After his graduation from Harvard, he studied law for three years under
253-502: The chair was moved to the Divinity School, which had been formed in 1816. Josiah Quincy III Josiah Quincy III ( / ˈ k w ɪ n z i / ; February 4, 1772 – July 1, 1864) was an American educator and political figure . He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University (1829–1845). The historic Quincy Market in downtown Boston
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#1732780408374276-423: The country." In the 1830s, Harvard found itself in financial trouble and at the same time was moving away from the teaching of religion. Josiah Quincy III , then-president of Harvard, refused to nominate a successor for Henry Ware, and the post was left unoccupied a second time. It also seems that the original endowment had dried up. In the meantime, to lessen the possible charge of a "narrowly sectarian education"
299-460: The emergency by abolishing the school and pronouncing it a failure. For a period of twenty-three years no attempt was made to revive the subject in either branch of the city council." A 1993 survey of historians, political scientists, and urban experts conducted by Melvin G. Holli of the University of Illinois Chicago ranked Quincy as the tenth-best American big-city mayor to have served between
322-590: The exemption of fishing vessels from the Embargo Act , urged the strengthening of the United States Navy , and vigorously opposed the admittance of Louisiana as a state in 1811. In this last matter he stated as his "deliberate opinion, that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved; that the States that compose it are free from their moral obligations; and that, as it will be
345-408: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hollis_Chair&oldid=1153768527 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hollis Chair of Divinity The Hollis Chair of Divinity
368-452: The new position were drawn up in London on 22 August 1721. Requirements for the professor were not very sectarian, although Hollis made a requirement of character: "That he should be a man of solid learning in divinity, of sound, or orthodox principles, one well gifted to teach, of a sober and pious life, and of a grave conversation." Traditionally, the chair's occupant has the right to graze
391-552: The poor was systematized. Quincy was responsible for leading the shutdown of the Boston High School for Girls in 1826. In 1871, a report of the Commissioner of Education was published and on page 512 an account of the organization of the Boston High School for Girls was written. Isabel Bevier's publication of The Home Economics Movement recounts that, "On September 25, 1825, the city council appropriated $ 2,000 for
414-467: The president and faculty of the university to appoint theologians to the chair, with the condition "that none be refused on account of his belief and practice of adult baptism." Hollis's "sound and orthodox principles" initially meant Congregationalist or Calvinist . The chair's first occupant, Edward Michael Wigglesworth (c. 1693–1765), had to swear allegiance to the Medulla Theologiae ,
437-573: The right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must." This was probably the first assertion of the right of secession on the floor of Congress. Quincy left Congress because he saw that the Federalist opposition was useless. In 1812, Quincy was a founding member of the American Antiquarian Society . After leaving Congress, Quincy served as
460-669: The tutorship of William Tudor . Quincy was admitted to the bar in 1793, but was never a prominent advocate. In 1798, Quincy was appointed Boston 's Town Orator by the Board of Selectmen , and in 1800 he was elected to the School Committee . Quincy became a leader of the Federalist Party in Massachusetts , was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1800, and served in
483-416: The university." He gave an elective (or "voluntary") system an elaborate trial; introduced a system of marking (on the scale of 8) on which college rank and honors, formerly rather carelessly assigned, were based; first used courts of law to punish students who destroyed or damaged college property; and helped to reform the finances of the university. During his term Dane Hall (for law) was dedicated, Gore Hall
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#1732780408374506-558: The years 1820 and 1993. In 1829, Quincy was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society . From 1829 to 1845, he was President of Harvard University . He had been an overseer of the university since 1810, when the board was reorganized. At a time when college presidents were chosen for their intellectual achievements, Quincy's past experience as a politician and not an academic made him an unusual choice. He has been called "the great organizer of
529-679: Was built, and the Astronomical Observatory was equipped. Quincy House , one of the university's twelve upperclass residential houses, is named for him. In 1856, Quincy gave an address concerning the then upcoming American presidential election. Quincy endorsed the Republican candidate, John C. Fremont , and denounced how "for more than fifty years, the Slave States have subjugated the Free States." This speech
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