Andrew Sledd
Professor, Deceased Person
1870 – 1939
Who was Andrew Sledd?
Andrew Warren Sledd was an American theologian, university professor and university president. A native of Virginia, he was the son of a prominent Methodist minister, and was himself ordained as a minister after earning his bachelor's degree and master's degree. He later earned a second master's degree and his doctorate.
After teaching for several years, Sledd was chosen to be the last president of the University of Florida at Lake City, from 1904 to 1905, and the first president of the modern University of Florida, from 1905 to 1909. He was also president of Southern University from 1910 to 1914, and later became a professor and an influential biblical scholar at Emory University's Candler School of Theology from 1914 to 1939.
Sledd first gained national recognition after he wrote a 1902 magazine article advocating better legal and social treatment of African-Americans. He is also prominently remembered for his role in founding the modern University of Florida, his scholarly analysis of biblical texts as literature, his call for an end to racial violence, and his influence on a generation of Methodist seminary students, scholars and ministers.
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- Born
- Nov 7, 1870
Lynchburg - Spouses
- Profession
- Education
- Randolph-Macon College
- Yale University
- Harvard University
- Employment
- Emory University
- Birmingham-Southern College
- University of Florida
- Chancellor
- Died
- Mar 16, 1939
Decatur
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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