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Jedidiah Morse[1] (August 23, 1761 – June 9, 1826) was a geographer whose textbooks became a staple for students in the United States. He was the father of the telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel Morse, and his textbooks earned him the sobriquet of "father of American geography."
Aug 19, 2024 · Learn about Jedidiah Morse, the author of the first American geography textbook and a Congregational minister. Find out his biography, notable works, and legacy in the field of geography.
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May 29, 2018 · Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) was a Congregational minister, a founder of Andover Theological Seminary and Park Street Church, and a pioneer of American geography. He wrote several influential books on geography, history, and theology, based on his own travels and research.
Abstract Despite numerous and significant writings by historians of geography and biographers from other disciplines, and his authorship of the first geography textbooks written in and for the new ...
This research considers several important questions about Jedidiah Morse that appear to have gone largely unconsidered by geographers about Morse's influ- ence in geography.
Writings about Morse suggest that he had alienated himself from many of his contemporaries early in his career through his authoritarian brand of Calvinistic republicanism, a perceived contradiction of that style with his entrepreneurial ambitions, his role in the controversial Bavarian Illuminati, and a dispute with a noted New England historian.
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Mar 17, 1995 · A biography of Jedidiah Morse, a clergyman, geographer, and father of Samuel Morse, who struggled with the tensions between republican and liberal values in post-Revolutionary America. The book explores his psychological dilemma, his role in religious controversies, and his financial ruin.
