The Rev. Daniel Parish Kidder
A.B., A.M., D.D., LL.D.
Professor of Practical Theology, 1871-1881
See also: DANIEL PARISH KIDDER (1815-1891)
Dr. Daniel Parish Kidder had been a member of the original faculty of Garrett Biblical Institute for fifteen years, when in 1871 President Foster invited him to come to Madison to take the chair of Practical Theology, left vacant by the death of President McClintock. He was then forty-one years old and had made a distinguished name for himself in the church. Born in western New York of the old New England stock, he early showed intellectual gifts and was teaching in public schools at the age of 14. Though his family had no liking for Methodism, the lad attended Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima, New York, where he was soundly converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. After a few months in Hamilton College, to please his parents, he transferred to Wesleyan University, graduating in 1836.
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