Joseph Alden
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Joseph Alden (January 4, 1807 - August 30, 1885) was an American academic. He was born in Cairo, New York, in 1807. He received his bachelor's degree from Union College, going on to receive his advanced degrees from Columbia University.
He was professor at Williams College in 1835, president of Jefferson College in 1857, and principal of the State Normal School in Albany, New York until 1882. Among his many books, more than seventy, the most well known were Christian Ethics or the Science of Duty (1866), The Science of Government (1867) & Thoughts on the Religious Life (1879).
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- Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.
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