William Maxwell Blackburn was born in Carlisle, Indiana on 30 December 1828. He graduated from Hanover College with a B.A. and A.M. in 1850 and 1854, respectively. Blackburn attended Princeton Theological Seminary from 1850-1853 and was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1853. During his career, he worked as a minister in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and Ohio. He also served as president of Pierre University in South Dakota. Blackburn died in Pierre, South Dakota on 29 December 1898.

An unpublished speech by William Blackburn entitled The Presidents of Hanover College, which was delivered to Hanover students and alumni in 1877. He discusses the lives and work of Hanover's founders and presidents from 1827-1877, including John Finley Crowe, James Blythe, Erasmus Darwin McMaster, Sylvester Scovel, Thomas E. Thomas, Jonathan Edwards, James Wood, George D. Archibald, and George H. Heckman. Other topics include general history of universities and colleges; Indiana Theological Seminary; educational emphasis on classical studies and theology; growth of Hanover College; Madison University controversy; and the cholera outbreak in 1849.

Creator

• Blackburn, Wm. M. (William Maxwell), 1828-1898

Subject

• College presidents

• Hanover College--History

• Hanover College

Publisher

• Hanover College

Language

• English

Identifier

• SC31_1

Keyword

• Hanover College, William Blackburn Speech, SC 31

Date created

• 1877

Resource type

• Book

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