Beniah Longley Whitman
Beniah Longley Whitman | |
|---|---|
| 11th President of Colby College | |
| In office 1892–1895 | |
| Preceded by | Albion Woodbury Small |
| Succeeded by | Nathaniel Butler Jr. |
| President of George Washington University | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 21, 1862 Wilmot, Nova Scotia |
| Died | November 27, 1911 (aged 49) Seattle, Washington |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
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Rev. Beniah Longley Whitman (also spelled Benaiah; November 21, 1862 – November 27, 1911) was the 11th president of Colby College, and later Columbian College (now George Washington University).
Life
Beniah Longley Whitman was born in Wilmot, Nova Scotia on November 21, 1962.[1] He prepared for college at the Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University in the class of 1887, with a B.A. degree, and received an M.A. degree in 1890. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Bowdoin College in 1894; the degree of LL.D. from Howard University in 1899, and from Furman University in 1906.
He was lecturer in Bucknell University, 1900–07; trustee of Newton Theological Institution (now the Andover Newton Theological School), 1894-02; and of the Crozer Theological Seminary, 1901–08; President of the American Baptist Historical Society, 1900–07. He was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and of Phi Beta Kappa.[2]
He married Mary J. Scott of Newton, Massachusetts on December 6, 1888, and they had four children.[1] He was pastor of the Free Street Baptist Church, Portland, Maine, 1890–92; President of Colby College, 1892–95; President of Columbian, now George Washington University, 1895-1900; pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1900–07; First Baptist Church, Seattle, Washington, from 1908 until his death in 1911.[1][3]
Publications
- Ideals in Education (1892)
- Elements of Ethics (1893)
- Elements of Sociology (1894)
- Elements of Political Science (1899)
- Outlines of Political History (1900)
References
- ^ a b c The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. pp. 408–409. Retrieved January 25, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hand-book of the Beta Chapter of Maine, Colby College. Phi Beta Kappa. 1901. Retrieved January 25, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Benaiah L. Whitman Dies". The Wilkes-Barre Record. Seattle. November 28, 1911. p. 4. Retrieved January 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.