Education and Early Career
Jeremiah Dummer graduated from Harvard College in 1699. Deciding to pursue a career in theology, Dummer traveled to Europe and received a degree from the University of Leiden and a doctorate from the University of Utrecht in 1703. Dummer is widely believed to have been the first American-born individual to receive a Ph. D. from a European university. In 1704, Dummer returned to the colonies and became a preacher in Boston. The theology he acquired in Europe was not particularly well received in Massachusetts. He did not make much of an impression from the pulpit and with the exception of his "A Discourse on the Holiness of the Sabbath Day", printed in 1704, his preaching in New England had little impact. Around 1708 he left the profession to pursue a career in politics.
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