Noah Porter
Noah Porter | |
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| 11th President of Yale University | |
| In office 1871–1886 | |
| Preceded by | Theodore Dwight Woolsey |
| Succeeded by | Timothy Dwight V |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Noah Porter Jr. December 14, 1811 Farmington, Connecticut |
| Died | March 4, 1892 (aged 80) New Haven, Connecticut |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
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Noah Thomas Porter III (December 14, 1811 – March 4, 1892) was an American Congregational minister, academic, philosopher, author, lexicographer and an outspoken anti-slavery activist. Porter Mountain, of the Adirondack Mountains, was named for him after he was the first to climb it in 1875. He was President of Yale College (1871–1886).