Augusta College (Kentucky)
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From 1822 to 1849, Augusta College was located in Augusta, Kentucky in Bracken County. It was formed when the Bracken Academy and Methodist churches of Ohio and Kentucky joined. Augusta College was the third Methodist college founded in the United States.[1] Its first president was Martin Ruter, D.D. It usually had enrollment of about 175-305 pupils. Among many who attended the college were Edward White Robertson (1823-1887) who went on to become a United States Representative from Louisiana, Randolph S. Foster, minister and later president of Northwestern University (IL) and Drew University (NJ), and John Miley, professor of theology at Drew University.
[edit] Notable alumni and faculty
- Henry Bidleman Bascom (1976-1850), religious circuit rider, U.S. Congressional Chaplain, Methodist Bishop, professor at Augusta College, college president, editor
- Elijah Phister, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
- William H. Wadsworth, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ John E. Kleber, ed. "Augusta College" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia (University Press of Kentucky, 1992)
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