Barnas Sears

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Barnas Sears
President of Brown University
In office
1855–1867
Preceded byFrancis Wayland
Succeeded byAlexis Caswell
Personal details
Born(1802-11-19)November 19, 1802
Walnut Street Cemetery
Brookline, Massachusetts, US
Alma materBrown University
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Barnas Sears (November 19, 1802 – July 6, 1880) was an American educational theorist and

Baptist
theologian.

Biography

Sears graduated from

University of Halle, to Hamburg, and baptized Oncken, Oncken's wife and five others in the Elbe on April 22. The baptism was performed at night. The next day, Sears established the first German Baptist church in Hamburg, which would become the core of most of the continental Baptist movement with Oncken as one of its leaders.[2][3][4] During his studies in Germany, Sears came to know and was most influenced by theologians August Neander, Wilhelm Gesenius, and August Tholuck.[5][1]

In 1835, Sears began working at Newton Theological Institution, both as chair of Christian theology and as president. In 1848, he became the secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education.[5]

In 1866 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Sears was the general agent of the

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry.[6]
He settled in Staunton because of the easy access to the railroad.

Sears travelled extensively throughout the south promoting Southern education, "free schools for the whole people".[This quote needs a citation] Sears "inspired confidence, removed doubts and suspicions, and aroused sympathy"[This quote needs a citation] through his warm personality, tact, and intelligence.

"Under his direction the Fund improved the sentiment for education in the South, developed the idea of adequate taxation for public schools, and helped remove the hostility toward Black education."[This quote needs a citation]

Sears' house in Staunton

Sears served between 1855 and 1867 as the president of Brown whose Encyclopedia Brunoniana offers a more detailed biography.[7]

From 1874 to 1877, Sears also served as president of the

American Baptist Missionary Union
, and in this capacity he primarily supported church planting among German and European Baptists.

He died in Saratoga, New York, on July 6, 1880, and was buried in Brookline, Massachusetts.[8]

His home at Staunton, known as the Sears House, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[9][10]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Stearns, O. S. (1883). Baumes, John Ross; MacArthur, Robert Stuart; Vedder, Henry Clay (eds.). "Dr. Sears as a theological professor". The Baptist Quarterly Review. V. Cincinnati: J. R. Baumes: 63–65.
  2. ^ Ella, George M. (April 19, 2015). "Johann Gerhard Oncken: Germany's Baptist Pioneer". Biographia Evangelica. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  3. ^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 248
  4. OCLC 890202283
    .
  5. ^
    JSTOR 25138670
    .
  6. ^ "The Building of Sam Houston State University". www.buildingshsu.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "President". Encyclopedia Brunoniana. Brown University. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  8. ^ Hovey, Alvah (1902). Barnas Sears. A Christian Educator. His Making and Work. New York: Silver, Burdett.
  9. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  10. ^ "132-0013 Sears House". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

Sources

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
    New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help
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