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Francis Wayland III
Francis Wayland III (1826–1904) graduated at Brown University in 1846, and studied law at Harvard University. He became probate judge in Connecticut in 1864 and was the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1869-1870. In 1872, he became a professor in the Yale Law School, of which he was dean from 1873 to 1903.
Two years after his father's death, he and his brother Heman Lincoln authored "The Life and Labors of Francis Wayland" (2 vols, New York,
of Virginia Union University was named for him. The Wayland Day lectures at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, were named in honor of Wayland, whose writings had a lasting effect on the founder of the oldest university in Japan.
Prominent son.
His son Francis Wayland III (1826-1904) was lieutenant-governor of Connecticut from 1869-1870, and became a professor and Dean of the Yale Law School.
References.
- Attribution
External links.
- "Francis Wayland: Preacher-