Robert L. Stanton

Robert L. Stanton
Born March 28, 1810
Died May 23, 1885
Education Lane Seminary
Princeton University
Occupation Theologian, educator
Relatives Henry Brewster Stanton (brother)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (sister-in-law)

Robert L. Stanton, D.D. (March 28, 1810 – May 23, 1885) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and college administrator. He served as president of Miami University of Ohio from 1868 to 1871. He also served as president of Oakland College in Mississippi.

Biography

Early life

Robert Lodowick Stanton was born on March 28, 1810, in Preston, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. Brewster. His father manufactured woolen goods and traded with the West Indies.[1] Robert's older brother was Henry Brewster Stanton, who became a journalist and abolitionist, publishing widely in New York and abolitionist newspapers, and lecturing on the abolitionist circuit. He married Elizabeth Cady, who became a leader on issues of temperance, women's rights and suffrage, as well as abolition.

Robert Stanton graduated from the Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio and earned his D.D. degree from Princeton University.

Career

He became the pastor of churches in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Ohio. He served as the second president of Oakland College in Lorman, Mississippi from 1851 to 1854; it was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.[2]

He was Professor of Theology at Danville Theological Seminary in Kentucky from 1862 to 1866. He was moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church.

Death

Stanton died en route to Europe and was buried at sea on May 28, 1885, at the age of seventy-six.

References

  1. ↑  Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Stanton, Henry Brewster". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  2. ↑ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 1999, Part 1, p. 310
Academic offices
Preceded by
John W. Hall		 President of Miami University
1866-1871 		Succeeded by
Andrew Dousa Hepburn
Religious titles
Preceded by
The Rev. John Cameron Lowrie		 Moderator of the 78th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Old School)
1866–1867 		Succeeded by
The Rev. Phineas Densmore Gurley


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.