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Adams, John (Clergyman educator son)

clergyman, educator, son of a revolutionary officer of the same name, was born Sept. 18, 1772, in Canterbury, Conn. He was graduated at Yale in 1795, and taught for three years at the academy in his native town. In 1800 he became rector of Plainfield, N. J., academy, and in 1803 principal of Bacon academy, Colchester, Conn. In June, 1810, he was chosen principal of Phillips Andover academy, where he remained for twentythree years, and, in addition to his regular duties, took part in the organization of several of the great charitable associations that have attained national importance. He resigned his office in 1833, and went to Illinois, where he estaolished several hundred Sunday-schools. He died April 24, 1863.