Gambier, a village of Knox co., Ohio, on the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon, and Columbus railroad, 50 m. N.E. of Columbus; pop. in 1870, 581. It occupies a beautiful site on a high ridge nearly surrounded by Kokosing river, and is the seat of two Episcopal institutions, Kenyon college and the theological seminary of the diocese of Ohio. They were established in 1826, under the auspices of Bishop Chase, with funds collected in England, and are richly endowed. The largest contributor was Lord Gambier, from whom the village is named. The corporation owns 14 buildings. On the college grounds are Ascension hall and Rosse hall, of stone, the church, a fine piece of architecture, and six dwellings; about a mile N. of the college is Bexley hall, in the Elizabethan style, occupied by the theological seminary; and in other parts of the village, Milnor hall, for the preparatory school, and three residences for the professors. The college has a preparatory and a collegiate department. The course in the theological seminary is three years. The number of volumes in the libraries is about 18,800, viz.: theological, 7,000; college, 2,300; college societies, 9,500. In 1871 there were 6 graduates in the theological seminary and 10 in the college.

In 1871-'2 the number of theological students was 9; collegiate, 50; preparatory, 32; professors in the theological seminary, 5; in the college, 10.