He was born on February 10, 1780 in Northampton, Massachusetts. The son of Timothy Dwight, Benjamin entered Yale College after his father was elected president of the school in 1795 and graduated in 1799 with his A.B.
Between 1801 and 1803 he studied medicine first at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia – where he also practiced at Pennsylvania Hospital, and next at Columbia College in New York. In 1803 he started a practice in Catskill, New York., but was forced to abandon it two years later due to his health.
Dwight next turned to business, first in crockery and later in hardware. In 1831 he moved to an eighty acre farm in Clinton, New York. The following year he was appointed treasurer of Hamilton College. Dwight died in Clinton on May 18, 1850.
Between 1801 and 1803 he studied medicine first at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia – where he also practiced at Pennsylvania Hospital, and next at Columbia College in New York. In 1803 he started a practice in Catskill, New York., but was forced to abandon it two years later due to his health.
Dwight next turned to business, first in crockery and later in hardware. In 1831 he moved to an eighty acre farm in Clinton, New York. The following year he was appointed treasurer of Hamilton College. Dwight died in Clinton on May 18, 1850.
He was born on February 10, 1780 in Northampton, Massachusetts. The son of Timothy Dwight, Benjamin entered Yale College after his father was elected president of the school in 1795 and graduated in 1799 with his A.B.
Between 1801 and 1803 he studied medicine first at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia – where he also practiced at Pennsylvania Hospital, and next at Columbia College in New York. In 1803 he started a practice in Catskill, New York., but was forced to abandon it two years later due to his health.
Dwight next turned to business, first in crockery and later in hardware. In 1831 he moved to an eighty acre farm in Clinton, New York. The following year he was appointed treasurer of Hamilton College. Dwight died in Clinton on May 18, 1850.
Between 1801 and 1803 he studied medicine first at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia – where he also practiced at Pennsylvania Hospital, and next at Columbia College in New York. In 1803 he started a practice in Catskill, New York., but was forced to abandon it two years later due to his health.
Dwight next turned to business, first in crockery and later in hardware. In 1831 he moved to an eighty acre farm in Clinton, New York. The following year he was appointed treasurer of Hamilton College. Dwight died in Clinton on May 18, 1850.
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