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WYLIE, Andrew, clergyman, born in Washington, Pennsylvania, 12 April, 1789; died in Bloomington, Indiana, 11 November, 18.51. He was graduated at Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1810, was tutor in the college for a year, studied theology, and was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Ohio. 21 October, 1812, being installed as pastor at Miller's Run, 23 June, 1813. He was president of Jefferson college, in 1812-'16, and of Washington college in 1817-'28, was elected president of Indiana college in 1818, and removing to Bloomington, Indiana, in 1829, held this post during life. He changed his ecclesiastial relations in 1841, was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church in New Albany in December, 1841, by Bishop Kemper, and priest in Vincennes, Indiana, in May, 1842, by the same bishop. He received the degree of D. D. from Union college in 1825. Dr. Wylie published several sermons on special occasions (1816-'51) ; " English Grammar " (1822) ; "Eulogy on General Lafayette " (1834); "Sectarianism is Heresy, with its Nature, Evils, and Remedy" (3 parts, 1840) ; and baccalaureate and other addresses. He contributed freely to reviews and magazines, and left at, his death ready for publication works on " Rhetoric" and "Advice to the Young."
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