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King (HENRY CHURCHILL American)

HENRY CHURCHILL, American educator; born in Hillsdale, Mich., in 1858. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1878 and from Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1882. He took post-graduate courses at Harvard and acted as tutor at Oberlin College from 1879 to 1882. He was successively professor of philosophy, professor of theology, dean and president of that institution. He was appointed to the latter position in 1902. He wrote much on religious and economic subjects. He was a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation and was a member of many other organizations. He wrote: "The Laws of Friendship, Human and Divine" (1909); "The Ethics of Jesus" (1909); "Religion as Life" (1913); "Fundamental Questions" (1917).