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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."
Jun 5, 2024 · Jedidiah Morse (born Aug. 23, 1761, Woodstock, Conn., U.S.—died June 9, 1826, New Haven, Conn.) was an American Congregational minister and geographer, who was the author of the first textbook on American geography published in the United States, Geography Made Easy (1784).
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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.
A collection of letters, sermons and journals of Jedidiah Morse, a Congregational clergyman and the "father of geography" in the U.S. The papers cover his religious, geographical and social activities from 1779 to 1850.
Learn about Jedidiah Morse, the author of the first comprehensive geography of North America and a founder of the Andover Theological Seminary. He also wrote a report on American Indians and was the father of Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph.
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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Learn about Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826), a minister, missionary, and author of geography books for children. Find out his role in American history and culture, and his influence on later writers.
