Please answer the following question: What key details about thomas clap can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: thomas clap , also spelled thomas clapp -lrb- june 26 , 1703 -- january 7 , 1767 -rrb- , was an american academic and educator , a congregational minister , and college administrator . he was both the fifth rector and the earliest official to be called '' president '' of yale college -lrb- 1740 -- 1766 -rrb- . he was born in scituate , massachusetts , and studied with rev. james mcsparran , missionary to narragansett from the '' society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts '' , and with rev. nathiel eells , of scituate . he entered harvard university -lrb- then known as harvard college -rrb- at age 15 , graduating in 1722 . he preached at windham , connecticut , in 1725 and was ordained to succeed the rev. samuel whiting as minister there in 1726 , marrying rev. whiting 's daughter mary in 1727 , and remaining 14 years , with a ministry marked by a rather severe orthodoxy -lrb- he once traveled to springfield to oppose the ordination of a minister accused of arminian tendencies -rrb- .
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- death place is new haven , connecticut- title is president of yale university- order is 5th- successor is naphtali daggett as '' pro tempore ''- death date is 7 january 1767- predecessor is elisha williams '' as rector ''- term end is 1766- term start is 1745- birth date is 26 june 1703- name is thomas clap- birth place is scituate , massachusetts- alma mater is harvard college