Eliphalet Pearson
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Pearson graduated from Harvard in 1773, where he was a member of the Hasty Pudding, after having attended Dummer Charity School (now known as The Governor's Academy). He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1781. Beginning in 1786, he was the second person to hold the Hancock Chair of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages. He held the chair until 1806.
After the death of Joseph Willard in 1804, Pearson became the interim president of Harvard University. He resigned that post in 1806, when Samuel Webber became president. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: [1993]
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