How to Pronounce Alonzo Ames Miner
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Aug 17, 1814 Lempster, New Hampshire, United States Died on 14 Jun 1895 (aged 80)
American universalist
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About Alonzo Ames Miner
- Alonzo Ames Miner (August 17, 1814 – June 14, 1895) was the second president of Tufts University from 1862 to 1875. Born in Lempster, New Hampshire, he was the second of five children and only son of Benajah Ames and Amanda (Carey) Miner.
- His father was a descendant of the colonist Thomas Miner.
- He taught school in rural Vermont and New Hampshire before being ordained a Universalist minister in 1839. Miner supported many moral and civic causes, at various times being on the Board of Trustees at Tufts, the Board of Overseers at Harvard, and the Massachusetts Board of Education.
- One of the founders of Tufts, he rescued the college from near bankruptcy and instituted many new educational programs as president.
