| Goodloe Harper Bell | |
| Birth Date: | April 7, 1832 |
| Birth Place: | Watertown, New York |
| Death Date: | (age) |
| Death Place: | Battle Creek, Michigan |
| Occupation: | Teacher, Author and Founder of the Seventh-day Adventist school system |
Goodloe Harper Bell (April 7, 1832 – January 17, 1899), born to David and Lucy Bell, was the first teacher at the first Seventh-day Adventist school and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist school system.[1] This first school was located on the first floor of the old Review and Herald building in Battle Creek, Michigan. Bell and his family lived on the second floor.
An original portrait of G. H. Bell resides at the Andrews University Museum. It was donated by Dr. Lavan C. and Junette Mapes.
Some of his early students include Edson and Willie White, sons of James and Ellen G. White. Ellen White was a great supporter and influence to G. H. Bell. Others included in the roster of his early students are two notable brothers, William K. Kellogg and John Harvey Kellogg.[2]
Bell was the eldest of ten children born to David and Lucy Bell née Blodgett. Bell's sister Florilla and her husband Charles Miller are the great-grandparents of Burt Reynolds.