George A. Baxter

George Addison Baxter (July 22, 1771 – April 24, 1841) was an American university administrator. He served as the President of Washington and Lee University from 1799 to 1829 and Hampden–Sydney College in 1835.[3]

George Addison Baxter
5th President of
Washington & Lee University
In office
1799–1829
Preceded bySamuel Legrand Campbell
Succeeded byHenry Ruffner
President of
Hampden–Sydney College
In office
1835–1835
Preceded byJonathan P. Cushing
Succeeded byDaniel Lynn Carroll
Personal details
Born(1771-07-22)July 22, 1771
Rockingham County, Virginia
DiedApril 24, 1841(1841-04-24) (aged 69)[1]
Alma materWashington & Lee University
University of North Carolina[2]
ProfessionTheologian, Educator

Early and family life

George Addison Baxter was born on July 22, 1771 to George Baxter and Mary Love in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He graduated from Liberty Hall (renamed Washington College in 1813, now Washington and Lee University). He married Annie C. Fleming (1801-1870), the daughter of frontier patriot and former Virginia governor William Fleming, who would survive him.

Career
George A. Baxter's Cemetery Monument on the campus of Hampden-Sydney College

Baxter became a professor at his alma mater, Liberty Hall, in 1798. He served as its president from 1799 to 1829. In 1832, he became a professor at Union Theological Seminary in Prince Edward County, Virginia (now Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond). In 1812, he received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In 1835, Baxter served as acting president of Hampden–Sydney College.[4]

His publications include An Essay on the Abolition of Slavery, published in Richmond in 1836. It argued that slaves were better off in slavery than they would be in freedom. It was a response to the rising tide of abolitionist action, especially Brown University's President Francis Wayland. Baxter is buried in Prince Edward County, Virginia.[5]

Death and legacy

Baxter died in 1841. His family home, Baxter House near Edom, Virginia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[6]

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References
  1. Kaleidoscope. 1895. Hampden–Sydney, VA: Hampden–Sydney College. 1895. p. 16. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. Kaleidoscope. 1895. Hampden–Sydney, VA: Hampden–Sydney College. 1895. p. 16. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. Kaleidoscope. 1895. Hampden-Sydney College
  4. Foote, William Henry (1856-01-01). Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical. 2d ser. J.B. Lippincott & Company.
  5. Annals of the American Pulpit: Presbyterian, 1859, by William Buell Sprague
  6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

Further reading
Academic offices
Preceded by
Samuel Legrand Campbell		 President of Washington and Lee University
1799—1829		 Succeeded by
Henry Ruffner
Preceded by
Jonathan P. Cushing		 President of Hampden–Sydney College
1835		 Succeeded by
Daniel Lynn Carroll


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