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Theodore Dwight Woolsey

American jurist; president of Yale University (1801–1889)
Person human Q7781764

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
October 31, 1801
Date of death
July 1, 1889
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
New Haven
Country of citizenship
United States[13]
Occupation
university teacher, jurist, classical scholar, writer
Position held
board member, president[14][15]
Educated at
Yale College, Hopkins School[16][17]
Award received
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[18]
Father
William Walton Woolsey[10]
Mother
Elizabeth Dwight Woolsey[11]
Child
Theodore Salisbury Woolsey[12]
Sibling
Laura Woolsey Johnson, Mary Anne Woolsey, John Mumford Woolsey, Elizabeth Winthrop, Sarah Dwight Woolsey[31][32][33][34][35]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[30]
Archives at
Smithsonian Institution Archives[23]
Described by source
Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work[27][28][29]
Family name
Woolsey[24]
Given name
Theodore[25]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Institut de Droit International, American Philosophical Society[19][20][21]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Smithsonian Names[36]
Place of burial
Grove Street Cemetery[9]
Relative
William Woolsey Johnson[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Theodore Woolsey en Theodore Dwight Woolsey en Theodore D. Woolsey ar ثيودور دوايت ولسي he תיאודור דווייט וולסי ja セオドア・ドワイト・ウールジー zh 吳爾璽
🔖 Identifiers · 47
ISNI
0000000080790276
VIAF cluster ID
78965
Library of Congress authority ID
n81102637
GND ID
1076831281
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Theodore Dwight Woolsey portrait.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
0900827
Angelicum ID
6731
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/69720
Biblioteca Franco Serantini ID
6219
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12316706m
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01337797
CONOR.BG ID
15849061
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CONOR.SR ID
11007847
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11518201
CiNii Research ID
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Database of Classical Scholars ID
9250-woolsey-theodore-dwight
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1076831281
Dizionario biografico online degli anarchici italiani ID
6561
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Theodore-Dwight-Woolsey
FAST ID
78861
Freebase ID
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Geni.com profile ID
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IdRef ID
106923919
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
1076831281
Libraries Australia ID
35840747
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0134995X
NDL Authority ID
00527449
NLA Trove people ID
1111151
NUKAT ID
n2010304220
National Library of Greece ID
151450
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001258471
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000439176
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007278993905171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:Czt8;=CJ
National Virtual Library of India ID
792913
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
264209443, 263431096
Online Books Page author ID
Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, 1801-1889
Open Library ID
OL359458A
OpenMLOL author ID
157917
Our Campaigns candidate ID
167815
Parsifal cluster ID
76554
RERO ID (legacy)
A003985804
Rodovid ID
1123016
SHARE Catalogue author ID
471802
SNAC ARK ID
w6513zvn
WikiTree person ID
Woolsey-405
WorldCat Entities ID
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Occupation 4
writer, jurist, university teacher, classical scholar
Member of 3
Institut de Droit International, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society
Award received 1
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Educated at 1
Yale College
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
New York City
Place of death 1
New Haven
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Theodore Dwight Woolsey was born on October 31, 1801[1], in New York City[2]. He died on July 1, 1889[3], in New Haven[4]. He worked as a university teacher[5], jurist[6], classical scholar[7], and writer[8].

FAQs

Where was Theodore Dwight Woolsey born?

Theodore Dwight Woolsey was born in New York City[2].

Where did Theodore Dwight Woolsey die?

Theodore Dwight Woolsey died in New Haven[4].

Who were Theodore Dwight Woolsey's parents?

Theodore Dwight Woolsey's father was William Walton Woolsey[10]. Theodore Dwight Woolsey's mother was Elizabeth Dwight Woolsey[11].

What did Theodore Dwight Woolsey do for work?

Theodore Dwight Woolsey worked as a university teacher[5], jurist[6], classical scholar[7], and writer[8].

Where did Theodore Dwight Woolsey go to school?

Theodore Dwight Woolsey was educated at Yale College[16] and Hopkins School[17].

What awards did Theodore Dwight Woolsey receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[18].

Related Entities

New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
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  22. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [27] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → university teacher, jurist, classical scholar +1
    Position held → board member, president
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  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → —
    Described by source → Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work
    Sibling → Laura Woolsey Johnson, Mary Anne Woolsey, John Mumford Woolsey +2
    Family name → Woolsey
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