Atticus Green Haygood
Encyclopedia
Atticus Greene Haygood was an American
bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
.
and graduated at Emory College (Georgia)
in 1859. He entered the ministry where he edited the Sunday-school publications of the Southern branch of the church. He edited the Wesleyan Christian Advocate (1878-82), served as president of Emory
General Agent
of the Slater Fund
. He declined an election as Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1882, but accepted another election in 1890.
His works include:
Haygood Hall, a dormitory at Oxford College of Emory University
, is named after him.
United States
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bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, or Methodist Episcopal Church South, was the so-called "Southern Methodist Church" resulting from the split over the issue of slavery in the Methodist Episcopal Church which had been brewing over several years until it came out into the open at a conference...
.
Biography
He was born in Watkinsville, Ga.Watkinsville, Georgia
Watkinsville is a town in Oconee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,097. The city is the county seat of Oconee County...
and graduated at Emory College (Georgia)
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
in 1859. He entered the ministry where he edited the Sunday-school publications of the Southern branch of the church. He edited the Wesleyan Christian Advocate (1878-82), served as president of Emory
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
General Agent
General Agent
A General Agent is an agent, i.e., representative of another, who has a mandate of general nature.-Colonial use:In the Niger Rivers District the only Senior Agent, who administered the region for the National African Company Limited , was promoted in 1882 to become the first...
of the Slater Fund
Slater Fund
The John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen was created in the United States in 1882 for the encouragement of industrial education among negroes in the South....
. He declined an election as Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1882, but accepted another election in 1890.
His works include:
- Our children (1876)
- Our Brother in Black (1881)
- Speeches and Sermons (1884)
- Pleas for Progress (1889)
- Jackknife and Brambles (1893)
- The Monk and the Prince (1895)
Haygood Hall, a dormitory at Oxford College of Emory University
Oxford College of Emory University
Oxford College is a two-year residential college specializing in the foundations of liberal arts education, and is one of nine divisions of Emory University. The college is located on Emory University's original 1836 campus in Oxford, Georgia, 38 miles east of the main Atlanta campus...
, is named after him.
External links
- http://emoryhistory.emory.edu/people/presidents/Haygood.htm