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STEVENS, John, clergyman, born in Townsend, Massachusetts, 6 June, 1798 ; died in Granville, Ohio, 30 April, 1877. He was graduated at Middlebury college, Vermont, in 1821, and studied at Andover theological seminary. In 1825 he became classical tutor in Middlebury college, where he remained for three years. Removing to Ohio, he served for seven years as editor of the "Baptist Weekly Journal." In 1838 he was made professor of moral and intellectual philosophy in Granville college (now Denison university), performing at the same time the main duties of president. From 1843 till 1859 he was employed as district secretary of the American Baptist. missionary union. In the last-named year he resumed a professorship in Granville college, and continued in this relation until 1875, when he resigned the chair and was made emeritus professor. He received in 1873 the degree of D. D. from the University of Rochester.
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