Jasper Adams was an American clergyman, college professor, and college president. He was born in East Medway, Massachusetts

Medway, Massachusetts

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 in 1793, to Major Jasper and Emma Rounds Jasper.

Adams graduated from Brown University

Brown University

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 in 1815. He was a teacher at Phillips Academy

Phillips Academy

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 of Andover, Massachusetts

Andover, Massachusetts

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, for three years, later becoming a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Brown in 1819. He was ordained a priest

Priest

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 of the Episcopal Church in 1820. He became the president of College of Charleston

College of Charleston

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, in 1824, leaving the post temporarily in 1826 to become the president of Geneva College, now called Hobart College

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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. Adams returned to the presidency of the College of Charleston in 1828, remaining there through 1838. During this period he wrote the Elements of Moral Philosophy, published in 1837. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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 in 1835. He then became a chaplain

Chaplain

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, and a professor of geography, history and ethics, at the United States Military Academy

United States Military Academy

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, a position he retained through 1840.
He died in Pendeleton, South Carolina

South Carolina

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, in 1841.