(1727–95), US scholar, teacher, lawyer, and minister. A Congregational minister in Newport, Rhode Island 1755–86, he was the president of Yale College 1778–95 and a founder of Rhode Island College (later Brown University) in 1764.
Definition of Stiles, Ezra in US English:
Stiles, Ezra
proper nounstīlz
(1727–95), US scholar, teacher, lawyer, and minister. A Congregational minister in Newport, Rhode Island 1755–86, he was the president of Yale College 1778–95 and a founder of Rhode Island College (later Brown University) in 1764.