Charles Kittredge True

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Charles Kittredge True (August 14, 1809 – June 20, 1878) was a United States Methodist Episcopal clergyman, educator, and author.

Biography

He was born in Portland, Maine. He graduated at Harvard in 1832, and was subsequently pastor of several Methodist churches. He entered the New England Conference, 1833; was agent of the New England Education Society, 1834; principal of Amenia Seminary, 1835; entered the New York Conference, 1836; was transferred to the New England Conference, 1838. In 1849 he received the degree of D.D. from Harvard. He served as professor of intellectual and moral science in Wesleyan University (1849–61), and financial agent of Wesleyan (1870–73). He died in Brooklyn, New York.

Works

He edited the Oregonian and Indian Advocate in 1839 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Family

He married Elizabeth Bassett Hyde. They were the parents of agricultural educationist Alfred Charles True and zoologist Frederick William True.

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