Name George Washburn Role Educator | Died February 15, 1915 | |
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Books Fifty Years in Constantinople and Recollections of Robert College | ||
George Washburn (March 1, 1833, Middleboro, Massachusetts - February 15, 1915) was an American educator, president of Robert College.
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Washburn graduated from Amherst College in 1855, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1859. He became professor of philosophy in Robert College, Constantinople, in 1868, was acting president there 1870-1877, and became president in 1877. He was an authority on the political questions of southeastern Europe. In 1876 he was instrumental, together with Dr. Albert Long, in sounding the first alarm and publicizing the Turkish massacres in Bulgaria. During the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, in 1893, he delivered an address on Mohammedanism. He contributed many articles to English and American periodicals. He was also the Founder Principal of American College, Madurai.