Edward Wigglesworth (1732–1794)

Edward Wigglesworth (1732–1794), the son of Edward Michael Wigglesworth (c. 1693–1765), occupied the Hollis Chair of divinity at the Harvard Divinity School from 1765 to 1792.

[1][2] His father had been the first to hold that position.

[3] He was the acting President of Harvard from 1780 to 1781.

[5] He was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780).

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