George Washburn (educator) explained

George Washburn
Birth Date:1 March 1833
Birth Place:Middleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting Place:Nemasket Hill Cemetery
Resting Place Coordinates:41.9044°N -70.9018°W
Nationality:American
Relatives:Cyrus Hamlin (father-in-law)
Occupation:Educator, missionary
Office1:President of Robert College
Term1:1878 – 20 September 1903
Predecessor1:Cyrus Hamlin
Successor1:Caleb Frank Gates
Signature:Signature of George Washburn (1833–1915).png

George Washburn (March 1, 1833 – February 15, 1915) was an American educator, Christian missionary, and second president of Robert College.[1] [2]

Biography

George Washburn was born on March, 1, 1833 in Middleboro, Massachusetts.[3] His father Philander Washburn was a manufacturer and his mother Elizabeth Homes was a housewife. He attended Pierce Academy in his hometown of Middleboro and Phillips Academy in Andover,[4] and graduated from Amherst College in 1855. Spending a year traveling Europe and the Middle East, he then attended Andover Theological Seminary in 1859 for one year.[5] [6]

He initially went to Constantinople as the treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, an early American Christian missionary organization and, in 1859, married Henrietta Loraine, the daughter of Robert College president Cyrus Hamlin. Washburn returned to the Andover Seminary to complete his education in 1862, and was ordained as a Congregational minister the next year. Being appointed as a missionary for the American Board of Commissioners in Constantinople, he returned to the city, and subsequently became professor of philosophy in Robert College.

Leaving Constantinople to pursue Christian work in New York City, he returned a year later at the request of Christopher Robert, founder of Robert College, and became acting president of the school between 1870 and 1877, replacing his father-in-law. Washburn was appointed president in 1878, and retained his role until September 20, 1903. 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.[7] [8] [9] During the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, in 1893, he delivered an address on Islam.[10] He contributed many articles regarding current affairs, history, and geology to English and American periodicals such as The Contemporary Review and the American Journal of Science. He was offered the role of the United States ambassador to Turkey, but denied it due to a potential conflict of interest relating to his missionary work. He was also the Founder Principal of American College, Madurai.

He died at his home in Boston on February 15, 1915.[3] [4]

Honors

Selected bibliography

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wright Jr., Walter L. . Washburn, George. Dictionary of American Biography . Malone, Dumas . Dumas Malone. Charles Scribner's Sons . New York . 19 (Troye-Wentworth) . 1936 . https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofamer19amer#page/500/mode/2up. 500–501 . 3 August 2016. Internet Archive .
  2. Book: Washburn, George . 1909 . Fifty Years in Constantinople and Recollections of Robert College . Houghton Mifflin Company . Boston & New York . 1 . 19 March 2016 . Internet Archive.
  3. News: Rev Dr Washburn Dies of Pneumonia . . 2 . 1915-02-16 . 2022-06-16 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Washburn, George. Comprehensive Index. 1990.
  5. Ward. William Hayes . William Hayes Ward. George Washburn, Amherst 1855 . Amherst Graduates' Quarterly . October 1914 . 293–298 . IV. 2027/mdp.39015075085533 .
  6. Book: 1900 . Leonard . John. W.. WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA; A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men and Women of the United States 1899-1900. 1. A.N. Marquis & Company . Chicago . 769 . August 29, 2018. Internet Archive.
  7. Book: Chary, Frederick B. . Frederick B. Chary . The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations: THE HISTORY OF BULGARIA . Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-Clio, LLC . Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Oxford, England . 2011 . 33.
  8. See Book: Pears, Edwin . Edwin Pears . 1916 . Forty Years in Constantinople, The Recollections of Sir Edwin Pears 1873-1915 . Herbert Jenkins Limited . London . 1 . 16 . 31 March 2016 . Internet Archive.
  9. Book: Косев. Константин. Жечев. Николай . Дойнов. Дойно. История на Априлското въстание 1876 . Партиздат . София . 1976 . 482 .
  10. Book: Barrows, John Henry . John Henry Barrows . Washburn, George . The Points of Contact and Contrast between Christianity and Mohammedanism . The World's Parliament of Religions . 1 . Chicago, IL . The Parliament Publishing Company . 1893 . 565–582 . https://archive.org/details/worldsparliamen01barr/page/564/mode/2up?view=theater . 5 November 2021 . .
  11. Book: Washburn, George . George Washburn (educator) . 1909 . Fifty Years in Constantinople and Recollections of Robert College . Houghton Mifflin Company . Boston & New York . 1 . 147 . 11 November 2021 . Internet Archive.
  12. Panaretoff . Stephan . Stephan Panaretoff . Dr. George Washburn and Bulgaria . The New York Times . April 1, 1915 . 14.

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