Abner Jackson

Abner Jackson (4 November 1811 in Washington, Pennsylvania - 19 April 1874) was an American minister and teacher and President of Hobart College in Geneva, New York from 1858 to 1867 and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut from 1867 until his death, where he had originally studied and taught.

[1] In 1872, Jackson visited Britain, seeking models and an architect, for a planned new campus for the Trinity College.

[3] William Burges was chosen and he drew up a four-quadrangled masterplan, in his Early French style.

[4] He died in 1874, leaving a considerable collection of books to the Hobart College.

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