Beniah Longley Whitman
Beniah Longley Whitman | |
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| 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
[edit]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 at 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; and 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; and First Baptist Church, Seattle, Washington, from 1908 until his death in 1911.[1][3]
Publications
[edit]- Ideals in Education (1892)
- Elements of Ethics (1893)
- Elements of Sociology (1894)
- Elements of Political Science (1899)
- Outlines of Political History (1900)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.