George McKendree Steele
George McKendree Steele | |
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| Born | April 13, 1823 Strafford, Vermont |
| Died | January 14, 1902 (aged 78) Kenilworth, Illinois |
| Education | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, clergyman, politician |
| Political party | Greenback |
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The Rev. Dr. George McKendree Steele, D.D., LL.D. (April 13, 1823 – January 14, 1902) was an American educator and Methodist minister, president of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1865 to 1879.[1] He was the author of the 1876 pamphlet The Currency Question – regarded as a major statement of the philosophy of the Greenback movement – and was a Greenback Party nominee for Congress and other public office.[2]
Biography
[edit]Steele was born in Strafford, Vermont on April 13, 1823,[1] one of seven children of Joel Steele (a Methodist minister) and Jerusha (Higgins) Steele.[3] He spent his youth on a farm in his native town, with little formal schooling; but was able to attend Newbury Seminary, after which he taught briefly and then entered the Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1850.[1]
He spent three years thereafter (1850–1853) as a teacher of Latin and mathematics at Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and married Susan J. Swift on July 1, 1852.[1]
In 1892, Steele and his wife moved to Auburndale, Massachusetts, when he accepted a professorship at Lasell Seminary (now Lasell University).[4]
He died in Kenilworth, Illinois in 1902.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Death of Dr. G. M. Steele". The Post Crescent. Appleton, WI. January 15, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved December 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Usher, Ellis B. The Greenback Movement of 1875–1884, and Wisconsin's Part in It, Milwaukee: Ellis B. Usher, Press of the Meisenheimer Company, 1911; pp. 4, 38–39, 41
- ^ Palmer, Albert B. A Brief History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wellfleet, Massachusetts Published By The Leaders And Stewards. Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Company, 1877; p. 14
- ^ "The Late Susan J. Steele". Appleton Weekly Post. October 24, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved June 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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