[Elegy upon the death of ... Mr. Charles Chauncy
Published: 1672
Language: eng
Notes: Elegy was cut from a larger work.

Edward Taylor (1642-1729) was a Colonial American poet. He arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1668. He entered Harvard University as an upperclassman, and earned his Harvard AB in 1671; he was awarded a Harvard AM in 1720. He served two years as college butler and shared lodgings with Samuel Sewall. He served as the minister of the Congregational Church in Westfield for fifty-eight years.

Charles Chauncy (1592-1672) was President of Harvard University from 1654 to 1672.