David Brainerd (1718–1747) was an American missionary to the Native Americans who had a particularly fruitful ministry among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. During his short life he was beset by many difficulties. As a result, his biography (penned by the great Jonathan Edwards) has become a source of inspiration and encouragement to many Christians, including missionaries such as Carey, Jim Elliot and Brainerd's cousin, the Second Great Awakening evangelist James Brainerd Taylor (1801–1829). Despite his expulsion from Yale (for a youthfully rash pronouncement on one of the lecturers' faith), the University later named a building after him (Brainerd Hall at Yale Divinity School), the only building on the campus to be named after a student who was expelled. He was indirectly responsible for the founding of Dartmouth and Princeton Colleges.
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