Person

Timothy Dwight V

American academic, educator, Congregational minister, and President of Yale University

b. 1828 CE – d. 1916 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Timothy Dwight V (November 16, 1828 – May 26, 1916) is an American academic, educator, Congregational minister, and President of Yale University (1886–1898).

During his years as the school's president, Yale's schools first organized as a university.

His grandfather was Timothy Dwight IV, who served as President of Yale College ninety years before his grandson's tenure.