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Noah Porter

American academic

Died when: 80 years 81 days (962 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Noah Porter

Noah Thomas Porter III (December 14, 1811 – March 4, 1892) was an American Congregational minister, academic, philosopher, author, lexicographer and an outspoken anti-slavery activist.

Porter Mountain, of the Adirondack Mountains, was named for him after he was the first to climb it in 1875.He was President of Yale College (1871–1886).


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