Naphtali Daggett (September 8, 1727 – November 25, 1780) was an American academic and educator. He graduated from

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in 1748.Kelley, Brooks Mather. (1999)
''Yale: A History,'' p. 62.
/ref> Three years later, he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Smithtown, Long Island. In 1755, the

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persuaded him to return to

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to assist President Thomas Clapp in the pulpit, and to be considered for appointment as a college professor. On March 4, 1756, the Corporation inducted him as Yale's first professor—officially the Livingstonian Professor of Divinity. Daggett became the college's president ''pro tempore'' in 1766 after the resignation of President Clap. Daggett held the office of President for the next eleven years, until 1777. When the British attacked New Haven in 1779, Rev. Daggett took up arms in defense but was taken prisoner and forced to serve as a guide. He was bayoneted by his captors, and died in 1780.Welch, Lewis ''et al.'' (1899)
''Yale, Her Campus, Class-rooms, and Athletics,'' p. 410.
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References

* Kelley, Brooks Mather. (1999)
''Yale: A History.''
New Haven:

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.
OCLC 810552
* Steiner, Herbert Christian. (1893)
''History of Education in Connecticut,'' Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 2, 1893: ''Contributions to American Educational History,'' No. 14.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. * Welch, Lewis Sheldon and

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. (1899)
''Yale, Her Campus, Class-rooms, and Athletics.''
Boston: L. C. Page and Co
OCLC 2191518
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