Dwight

Dwight, Timothy (1752-1817), an American Presbyterian writer born in Massachusetts. He was a Professor at Yale College at the age of 20, and became an army chaplain in 1777. In 1798 he became President of Yale College. His chief works are The Conquest of Canaan (a poem), Theology Explained and Defended, and Travels in New England and the State of New York, which are interesting as illustrating the period.