James Griswold Merrill
James Griswold Merrill | |
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 James Griswold Merrill, c. 1910 | |
| Born | 1839 or 1840 Montague, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 80) |
| Resting place | Andover, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Amherst College Princeton Theological Seminary Andover Theological Seminary |
| Spouse | Louisa W. Boutwell |
| Children | Lucia Griswold Merrill, Oliver Boutwell Merrill, Mary Perley Merrill, William Fessenden Merrill |
James Griswold Merrill (c. 1840–1920)
Early life
James Griswold Merrill was born in
Career
Merrill was a Congregational minister in Iowa, Kansas,
Merrill was the acting president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1899 to 1901,[1] and its second president from 1901 to 1908.[3] An article in The Nashville Globe noted that he spent most of his time fundraising away from Nashville.[4] It also explained, "Dr. Merrill's interest in the education of the Negro springs not from a love of the Negro as a Negro, but from the love of the Negro as one of God's children; and this is simple Christianity."[4]
Personal life and death
Merrill married Louisa W. Boutwell.[1] He died on December 22, 1920, in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey.[1][2] He was buried in Andover, Massachusetts.[1]
Selected works
- Merrill, James Griswold (1878). Twenty-five Sermons to the Children of the Congregational Church, Davenport, Iowa. Davenport, Iowa: Egbert, Fidlar & Cambers. OCLC 32955088.
- OCLC 36744138.
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Presidents of historically black colleges and universities 1837-2013". Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
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