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David Cowell

David Cowell

Presbyterian pastor and acting president of Princeton University

David Cowell (1704–1760) was a Presbyterian minister and briefly the acting president of Princeton University.[1] A graduate of Harvard in 1732, Cowell was a trustee of the college. He was the acting president from 1757 to 1758 and also oversaw the negotiations that led to Samuel Davies becoming the fourth president of the college.[2] He was the first pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Trenton, New Jersey, serving from 1736 to 1760.[3] He died in 1760 and was buried in the churchyard of First Presbyterian Church.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Leitch 1978, p. 121.
  2. [2]
    Leitch 1978, pp. 121–122.
  3. [3]
    Morris, Edward Allen (1951). A Brief Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton, New Jersey (PDF). OCLC 8606827.

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