Homer Russell Salisbury Explained

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.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, on May 27, 1870, to Burleigh Russell Salisbury.^[2] He had a brother who migrated to Australia. He married Lenna Elizabeth Whitney.

In 1901 Salisbury founded the first Seventh-day Adventist school in England, Duncombe Hall College, and was the principal there for five years.^[2] In 1904 he became a minister. In 1905 Salisbury became president of the South England Conference. He taught at Claremont Union College in South Africa.^[2]

Salisbury was made president of the Indian Union Mission in 1913.^{[2] [3]}

He boarded the SS Persia in Marseille, headed for India. He died on December 30, 1915, aged 45, when the ship was sunk by a German submarine during World War I.^{[1] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. News: The Story of the Week . . 1916 . 2013-11-23 .
2. Web site: Historical Archive Photographs . British Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. 2020-01-03.
3. News: Hear Salisbury Is Lost. Friends of the Adventist Say He May Have Been a Britisher . . January 6, 1916 . 2013-11-23 .
4. News: Report Another American Lost. Rev. Homer R. Salisbury, Adventist Missionary, Believed to Have Gone Down on Persia . . January 6, 1916 . 2013-11-23 .