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Reverend Homer Russell Salisbury (May 27, 1870 - December 30, 1915) was a Seventh-day Adventist educator and administrator who started the first Adventist school in England. He died at sea aboard the SS Persia on December 30, 1915 when it was sunk by a German submarine during World War I.
Biography
He was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on May 27, 1870 to Burleigh Russell Salisbury. He had a brother who migrated to Australia. He married Lenna Elizabeth Whitney.
In 1901 he started the first Adventist school in England.
By 1915 he was the General Superintendent of the Seventh Day Adventists for India.
He boarded the SS Persia in Marseille, headed for India. He died on December 30, 1915 when the ship was sunk by a German submarine during World War I.
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