Ebenezer Adams (2 October 1765 – 15 August 1841) was an American educator. He was born to Ephraim Adams and Rebecca Locke Adams in 1765. He graduated with honor from

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in 1791, and became the academic preceptor of

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the following year. In 1795, he married Alice Frink, with whom he had five children. He became the first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at the

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. In 1807, he married Beulah Minot, with whom he had two children. In 1809, he was made the professor of languages at Dartmouth College. He remained in that position through 1833. Adams was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1812, and elected a member of the

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in 1813.American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
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of New Hampshire. He died in 1841.

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1765 births 1841 deaths Phillips Exeter Academy faculty Dartmouth College alumni Dartmouth College faculty People from Leicester, Massachusetts Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences {{US-edu-bio-stub