Joseph Torrey (1797–1867) was an American professor of philosophy at the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...

and acting president of that university for five years.

Biography

Torrey was born in

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on February 2, 1797. He received his education at

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and

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; later in his life he was honored by

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with a

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degree. Torrey joined the faculty of the University of Vermont in 1827, and remained there for the rest of his life, serving as its acting president from 1862 until his death. Torrey and his wife, Mary Mosley Paine, were the parents of five children. He died in Burlington, Vermont on November 26, 1867.

Sources

*Carlton, Hiram. ''Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation''. (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1903) p. 238.
American philosophy.net Article on the work of James Marsh

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* 1797 births 1867 deaths Dartmouth College alumni Harvard University alumni University of Vermont faculty Presidents of the University of Vermont {{US-academic-administrator-stub