Benjamin Labaree

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Benjamin Labaree (June 3, 1801 – November 15, 1883)^[1] was a minister, professor and the longest serving president of Middlebury College from 1840 until 1866.

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Benjamin Labaree
President of Middlebury College
In office 1840–1866
Preceded by	Joshua Bates
Succeeded by	Harvey Denison Kitchel
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Born	(1801-06-03)June 3, 1801 Charlestown, New Hampshire
Died	November 15, 1883(1883-11-15) (aged 82) Walpole, New Hampshire
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Labaree was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire.^[1] He was an 1828 graduate of Dartmouth College,^[1] as well as a recipient of graduate degrees from the University of Vermont and Dartmouth.

His two sons were John C. Labaree, a Congregational minister at Randolph, Massachusetts, and Benjamin Labaree, a Presbyterian missionary to Persia from 1861 until his death in 1904.^[1][2]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Personal". Vermont Journal. November 24, 1883. Retrieved February 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Aged Minister Slain in Persia". Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 13, 1904. Retrieved February 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

Preceded by Joshua Bates

4th President of Middlebury College 1840–1866

Succeeded by Harvey Denison Kitchel

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