Dwight, TIMOTHY

D.D., LL.D., 1752–1817. Pres. Yale Coll. from 1795. Conquest of Canaan. an epic, 1785. His Travels in New England and N. Y., 4 v., 1821, were praised by Southey. His sermons, 5 v., 1818, had great influence at home and in Eng land.-His grandson and namesake, b. 1828, became prof. at Yale 1858 and pres. 1886.