Editing Abraham Pierson (section)

{{short description|American Congregational minister}}
{{For|the English churchman, the subject's father|Abraham Pierson, the elder}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_prefix = [[The Reverend]]
|name = Abraham Pierson
|image = Abraham Pierson statue Old Campus Yale University.jpg
|caption  = Statue of Rev. Abraham Pierson, Old Campus of [[Yale College]], circa. 1879
|order   = 1st
|title = [[List of Presidents of Yale University|Rector]] of the [[Yale University|Collegiate School]]
|term_start = 1701
|term_end = 1707
|successor = [[Samuel Andrew]]<br /><small>as ''pro tempore''</small>
|birth_date = 1646
|birth_place = [[Southampton (village), New York|Southampton]], [[Long Island]]
|death_date = March 5, {{death year and age|1707|1646}}
|death_place = [[Killingworth, Connecticut|Killingworth]], [[Connecticut]]
|}}
'''Abraham Pierson''' (1646 &ndash; March 5, 1707<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/YHO/Pierson_bio.html |title=Biography of Abraham Pierson :: Resources on Yale History |access-date=2010-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727102340/http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/YHO/Pierson_bio.html |archive-date=2010-07-27 }}</ref>) was an American [[Congregational church|Congregational]] minister who served as the first [[Rector (academia)|rector]], from 1701 to 1707, and one of the founders of the [[Yale University|Collegiate School]] &mdash; which later became [[Yale University]].