Editing Bennet Tyler (section)

{{Short description|President of Dartmouth College}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[The Reverend]]
| name        = Bennet Tyler
| image       = Bennet Tyler.jpg
| order       = 5th
| title       = [[List of presidents of Dartmouth College|President of Dartmouth College]]
| term_start  = 1822
| term_end    = 1828
| predecessor = [[Daniel Dana]]
| successor   = [[Nathan Lord]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1783|7|10}}
| birth_place = [[Middlebury, Connecticut|Middlebury]], [[Connecticut]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1858|5|14|1783|7|10}}
| death_place = [[South Windsor, Connecticut|South Windsor]], [[Connecticut]]
}}
'''Bennet Tyler''' (July 10, 1783 &ndash; May 14, 1858) was an American [[Congregationalism in the United States|Congregational]] clergyman and educator. He served as president of [[Dartmouth College]] between 1822 and 1828.  His [[Reformed tradition|Reformed]] theology was called "Tylerism", as opposed to the post-Reformed [[Nathaniel William Taylor|Taylorism]] of Nathaniel William Taylor.<ref>"Tyler, Bennet", in ''Webster's Biographical Dictionary'' (1943), Springfield. MA:  Merriam.</ref>