The Rev. Lucius Doolittle | |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1800 |
Birth Place: | Lyndon, Vermont |
Death Place: | Lennoxville, Quebec |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Rector of Sherbrooke and Lennoxville |
Notable Works: | Founder of Bishop's College School and Bishop's University |
The Rev. Lucius Doolittle (23 May 1800 – 18 May 1862) was a Church of England priest.
After receiving a B.A. and honorary M.A. from the University of Vermont, Doolittle founded Bishop's College School in 1836 (as Lennoxville Classical School with Cambridge-Graduate Edward Chapman) and co-founded Bishop's University in 1843 in Quebec, Canada.
He also acted as the Rector of Sherbrooke, the third-largest city in Quebec and the borough of Lennoxville.[1] Bishop's College School is currently the fifth-oldest functioning private school in Canada.