Homer Russell Salisbury
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Homer Russell Salisbury (May 27, 1870 - December 30, 1915) was a Seventh-day Adventist educator and administrator who started the first Adventist school in England. He died at sea aboard the SS Persia on December 30, 1915 when it was sunk by a German submarine during World War I.[1]
Biography
He was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on May 27, 1870 to Burleigh Russell Salisbury.[2] He had a brother who migrated to Australia.[3] He married Lenna Elizabeth Whitney.
In 1901 Salisbury founded the first Seventh-day Adventist school in England, Duncombe Hall College, and was the principal there for five years.[2] In 1904 he became a minister. In 1905 Salisbury became president of the South England Conference. He taught at Claremont Union College in South Africa.[2]
Salisbury was made president of the Indian Union Mission in 1913.[2][3]
He boarded the SS Persia in Marseille, headed for India. He died on December 30, 1915 when the ship was sunk by a German submarine during World War I.[1][3][4]
References
- ^ a b "The Story of the Week". The Independent. 1916. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ a b c d "Historical Archive Photographs". British Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ a b c "Hear Salisbury Is Lost. Friends of the Adventist Say He May Have Been a Britisher". The New York Times. January 6, 1916. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ "Report Another American Lost. Rev. Homer R. Salisbury, Adventist Missionary, Believed to Have Gone Down on Persia". The New York Times. January 6, 1916. Retrieved 2013-11-23.