Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (born 1609)

Henry Dunster

Anglo-American Puritan clergyman and the first president of Harvard College

Henry Dunster was a New England Puritan clergyman who served as the first president of Harvard College from 1640 to 1654. Brackney says Dunster was "an important precursor" of the Baptist denomination in America, especially regarding infant baptism, soul freedom, religious…