词条 | William P. Harrison |
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Harrison was born in Savannah, Georgia, and attended the preparatory school of Emory College. In 1850, he became an itinerant minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.[2] In 1859, he was appointed to the faculty of the East Alabama Male College in Auburn, Alabama as Adjunct Professor of Languages, and from 1861 through 1862 was president of the Auburn Female College, today Auburn High School.[3] He returned to Emory, receiving the Doctor of Divinity degree in 1866.[4] Later that year, Harrison became pastor of the First Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, the first of four terms as pastor there, the last of which ended in 1877.[5] Harrison was elected Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives on December 3, 1877. He served in that capacity for the 45th and 46th United States Congress, before resigning in 1881.[6] In 1882, Harrison was elected book editor of the Methodist Episcopal, South publishing house, a position he held for the remainder of his life. Harrison was a delegate to the First (1881) and Second (1891) World Methodist Councils, and was Secretary of the Methodist General Conference in 1890.[4] Harrison died on February 7, 1895, in Columbus, Georgia.[7] Bibliography
References1. ^Rossiter Johnson, "HARRISON, William Pope", The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, vol. V. (Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904); Peter G. Mode, Source book and bibliographical guide for American Church history. (Menasha, Wisc.: Banta, 1921), 541. {{s-start}}{{s-rel}}{{succession box|title=48th US House Chaplain|before=John Poise|after=Frederick Dunglison Power|years=December 3, 1877 – December 5, 1881}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, William P.}}2. ^Johnson, The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, vol. V. 3. ^"The Auburn Male College", Alabama Historical Quarterly, vol. 18--1956 (1956), 172-175; John Peavy Wright, Glimpses into the Past from my Grandfather's Trunk. (Alexander City, Ala.: Outlook Publishing Company, 1969), 32. 4. ^1 Johnson, The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, vol. V 5. ^Wallace Putnam Reed. History of Atlanta, Georgia: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers (Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co., 1889), 378-379. 6. ^Johnson, The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, vol. V; Office of the Clerk, US House of Representatives, Chaplains of the House. Retrieved May 28, 2007. 7. ^"Dr. WP Harrison Dead", The Atlanta Constitution, February 8, 1895. 7 : Methodist theologians|People from Auburn, Alabama|American Methodists|Emory University alumni|Chaplains of the United States House of Representatives|Auburn High School (Alabama) people|Auburn University faculty |
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