Died May 23, 1885 Occupation Theologian, educator | Name Robert Stanton | |
Education Lane SeminaryPrinceton University 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.
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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. 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.
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.