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 Though the move to the new campus was successful, it was relationships between Pynchon, the faculty, and the alumni that would ultimately lead him to end his term. In October 1882, he resigned from the presidency of Trinity, amid demands from some quarters that he resign. Yet, Pynchon stayed on at Trinity as Professor of Moral Philosophy, a post he received in 1877 and kept until 1902. Beginning in 1888, he also held the Brownell Professorship. During the spring of 1896, he returned as Acting President of the College during a brief six-month leave granted to then-President [[smith_george_williamson|George Williamson Smith]]. In 1902, his title switched to Professor Emeritus when he stopped teaching. On October 6, 1904, former professor and president Pynchon died and was buried in New Haven, Connecticut.  Though the move to the new campus was successful, it was relationships between Pynchon, the faculty, and the alumni that would ultimately lead him to end his term. In October 1882, he resigned from the presidency of Trinity, amid demands from some quarters that he resign. Yet, Pynchon stayed on at Trinity as Professor of Moral Philosophy, a post he received in 1877 and kept until 1902. Beginning in 1888, he also held the Brownell Professorship. During the spring of 1896, he returned as Acting President of the College during a brief six-month leave granted to then-President [[smith_george_williamson|George Williamson Smith]]. In 1902, his title switched to Professor Emeritus when he stopped teaching. On October 6, 1904, former professor and president Pynchon died and was buried in New Haven, Connecticut. 
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 +===== Literary Connections =====
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 +Rev. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon is great-grand uncle to award-winning postmodern author Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (1937--) famous for authoring //V// and //Gravity's Rainbow.// Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is the great-grandson of William Lyon Pynchon, Rev. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon's brother, and //Gravity's Rainbow// features a family called the Slothrops, based on their shared ancestor, William, who arrived in the United States in 1630. 
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 +Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel //The House of the Seven Gables (1851)// features the Pyncheon family, also based on Pynchons' ancestors: "Hawthorne knew of no extant Pynchons, and so was surprised to receive two letters of protest from members of the family." One of those writers was Rev. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, who accused Hawthorne of "holding up ... the good name of our Ancestors to the derision and contempt of our countrymen...our Family Circle is an exceedingly small one. Probably there are not more than 20 persons in the whole country bearing the name, all of whom
 +are closely connected by blood: and all-known to each other: We know of no Pynchons not of our own little band." ((The Quest for Pynchon)).
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 +
 +===== Preceded By =====
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 +[[jackson_abner|Abner Jackson '37]]
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 +===== Succeeded By =====
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 +[[smith_george_williamson|George Williamson Smith H'87]]
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 +
  
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 ===== Sources ===== ===== Sources =====
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 +[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/440565|The Quest for Pychon]] by Mathew Winston (1975).
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 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 98, 115, 133, 135, 146, 171, 182-184, 188-194, 199-200, 234, 246, 256. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 98, 115, 133, 135, 146, 171, 182-184, 188-194, 199-200, 234, 246, 256.
  
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