Episode 2 of 3

Newbury Biblical Program

When: 1840
Where: Newbury Seminary, Newbury, Vermont
Part of: Event of 1839: Boston University is established as the Newbury Biblical Institute in Vermont.

Baker, director of Newbury Seminary, started a biblical studies program at the seminary in Newbury, Vermont, in 1840.

Baker, serving as the director of the Newbury Seminary, a high school and literary institution in Newbury, Vermont, started a biblical studies program at the seminary in 1840. The supplied passages present this as a distinct development at Newbury Seminary and do not state that it was the 1839 school in operation; the legacy row's framing of the 1839 school in Vermont is corrected in the lineage note.

Sources

Boston University School of Theology Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-09

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