Nationality American Religion Christian (Baptist) | Name Galusha Anderson Died July 20, 1918 | |
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Occupation pastor, theologian, university president Education Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Books The Story of a Border City During the Civil War | ||
Galusha Anderson (March 7, 1832 in Bergen, New York – July 20, 1918 in Wenham, Massachusetts) was an American theologian and university president.
Biography
He was born at Bergen, New York, and was educated at the University of Rochester and the Rochester (Baptist) Theological Seminary. His ministry began as pastor of the Baptist Church in Janesville, Wisconsin. After two years, he moved to St. Louis to be the pastor of Second Baptist Church. His account of the Civil War in St. Louis, The Story of a Border City during the Civil War, is considered accurate, vivid, and balanced, even though Anderson was an ardent abolitionist and supporter of the Union. Published in 1908, the account covers the entire duration of the war. "He became distinguished as a preacher of the Baptist denomination, and was called in 1866 from his Church in St. Louis to the professorship of homiletics, Church polity, and pastoral duties, in Newton theological institute." He held several other pastorates, became president successively of the Old University of Chicago (1878–85) and Denison University (1887–90), professor of practical theology at the new University of Chicago in 1892-1903, when he became emeritus professor.
Following his retirement in 1904, Anderson devoted much of his time to writing. His writings include: