Homer Russell Salisbury

Homer Russell Salisbury (1870-1915) portrait circa 1915

Reverend Homer Russell Salisbury (May 27, 1870 - December 30, 1915) was a Seventh-day Adventist educator and administrator who started the first Adventist school in England.[1] He died at sea aboard the SS Persia on December 30, 1915 when it was sunk by a German submarine during World War I.[2][3]

Biography

He was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on May 27, 1870 to Burleigh Russell Salisbury.[4] He had a brother who migrated to Australia.[5] He married Lenna Elizabeth Whitney.

In 1901 he started the first Adventist school in England.[1]

By 1915 he was the General Superintendent of the Seventh Day Adventists for India.[5]

He boarded the SS Persia in Marseille, headed for India. He died on December 30, 1915 when the ship was sunk by a German submarine during World War I.[3][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Eric Claude Webster. Crosscurrents in Adventist Christology. p. 193. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  2. ↑ Milivoje Lekic (1984). Homer Russel Salisbury, Seventh-day Adventist Educator and Administrator. Andrews University School of Graduate Studies.
  3. 1 2 "The Story of the Week". The Independent. 1916. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  4. ↑ "Homer Russell Salisbury". Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  5. 1 2 3 "Hear Salisbury Is Lost. Friends of the Adventist Say He May Have Been a Britisher". New York Times. January 6, 1916. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  6. ↑ "Report Another American Lost. Rev. Homer R. Salisbury, Adventist Missionary, Believed to Have Gone Down on Persia". New York Times. January 6, 1915. Retrieved 2013-11-23.


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