American Methodist minister
Francis G. Waters , D.D. , LL.D. , (January 17, 1792 – April 23, 1868) was a Methodist minister from Baltimore, Maryland , U.S., and a founding member of the Methodist Protestant Church . He was elected as the first president of the church on November 2, 1830,[1] and presided over the general convention, in which the church's constitution was adopted.[2] From 1849 to 1853 Waters served as the second principal of Baltimore City College . He was selected as president of Madison College in Uniontown , Pennsylvania , in summer 1853 but left the institution later that fall because of family illness.[3] He also served twice as the Principal of Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland .[4]
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^ Lee, James W., Naphtali Luccock, and James Main Dixon (1900). The Illustrated History of Methodism . St. Louis: The Methodist Magazine Publishing Co. p. 470. Retrieved 2007-11-16 . {{cite book }}
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^ M'Clintock, John and James Strong (1890). Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature . New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 186. Retrieved 2007-11-16 .
^ Daniel, W. Harrison. "Madison College, 1851-1858: A Methodist Protestant School" (PDF) : 99. Retrieved July 16, 2023 .
^ Steiner, Bernard C. (1891). The History of University Education in Maryland . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 2007-11-16 .
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