Ezra Brainerd
Aged: 80 years
Son of Lawrence Robbins and Catherine (Wood) Brainerd. Bom in St. Albans, Vt., Dec. 17, 1844. Prepared for Collie in St. Albans Public Schools. Entered, 1860. Tutor in Middlebury College 1864-1866. Andover Theological Seminary, 1868. Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in Middlebury College, 1868-1880; Physics and Applied Mathematics, 1880-1886. President, Middlebury College, 1886-1908. Trustee, 1908 . Author of numerous articles on Botanical subjects in Rhodora and in Bulletin of Torrey Botanical Club; various papers m Bulletin of the Geological Society of America on the limestone formations in the Champlain Valley; also sermons and addresses. Married (1) Frances-Viola Rockwell, Dec. 1, 1868. Children: Elizabeth De- Long [Mrs. Carl... Read More