Caleb Alexander, D.D. (born 17?? - d. April 1828), a native of Northfield, Massachusetts

Northfield, Massachusetts

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, and a graduate of Yale University

Yale University

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 in 1777, was ordained at New Marlborough, Massachusetts

New Marlborough, Massachusetts

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, in 1781, and dismissed in 1782. He was again settled at Mendon, Massachusetts

Mendon, Massachusetts

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, and dismissed in 1803.

After an ineffectual attempt to establish a college at Fairfield, New York

Fairfield, New York

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, erecting buildings, which now belong to the medical school

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, he took the charge of the academy at Onondaga Hollow

Syracuse, New York

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, where he died in April 1828.

He published an essay on the deity of Jesus Christ, with strictures on Emlyn, 1791; a Latin grammar, 1794; an English grammar, and grammatical elements, the Columbian Dictionary (1800), and Young Ladies and Gentleman's Instructor.

Alexander's 550-page dictionary was said to be the first to include words and language not found or used in England or English dictionaries, but most was recycled material from Dr Johnson and Perry.

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