Jonathan Maxcy was an American Baptist minister and college president.
14 Facts About Jonathan Maxcy
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Jonathan Maxcy was the second president of Brown University, of which he was a graduate; the third president of Union College; and the first president of the University of South Carolina.
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Jonathan Maxcy was educated at an academy in Wrentham, Massachusetts, and then attended Brown University, from which he graduated in 1787.
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In 1790, Maxcy was licensed to preach by First Baptist Church in Providence and the next year, following Manning's death, he became pastor of First Baptist Church.
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In 1796, Jonathan Maxcy authored the well known Discourse Designed to Explain the Doctrine of Atonement which became a widely consulted work on Edwardsean theological views that found expression in the Second Great Awakening.
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Jonathan Maxcy held close relationships with a number of prominent southern slave owners, including Furman, leading many to believe he defended the great american evil.
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Jonathan Maxcy was formally elected president of the college in 1797 after which he served until 1802.
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Jonathan Maxcy's pupils saw in him an admirable model for their imitation, and the influence of his pure and cultivated taste was seen in their literary performances.
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Dr Jonathan Maxcy was one of the most learned men which our country has produced.
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Jonathan Maxcy left Union College in 1804 to become the first president of the South Carolina College, now the University of South Carolina, where he remained until his death on June 4,1820.
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At Brown, Jonathan Maxcy Hall built in 1895 and still in use was named for him.
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In 1827 the Jonathan Maxcy Monument designed by noted architect Robert Mills was erected in the center of the Horseshoe, the main quadrangle of the University of South Carolina.
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In 1937 Jonathan Maxcy College was built just north of the Horseshoe facing Pendleton Street.
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Jonathan Maxcy married Susanna Hopkins, daughter of Commodore Esek Hopkins and niece of former Royal Governor of Rhode Island and first Brown University chancellor Stephen Hopkins of Providence.