Homer Russell Salisbury (1870-1916) portrait circa 1915

Homer Russell Salisbury (May 27, 1870 – December 30, 1915) was a

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educator and administrator who started the first Adventist school in

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. He died at sea aboard the SS ''Persia'' on December 30, 1915, when it was sunk by a

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during

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Biography

He was born in

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, on May 27, 1870, to Burleigh Russell Salisbury. He had a brother who migrated to

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. He married Lenna Elizabeth Whitney. In 1901 Salisbury founded the first Seventh-day Adventist school in England, Duncombe Hall College, and was the principal there for five years. In 1904 he became a minister. In 1905 Salisbury became president of the South England Conference. He taught at Claremont Union College in

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. Salisbury was made president of the Indian Union Mission in 1913. He boarded the SS ''Persia'' in

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, headed for

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. He died on December 30, 1915, aged 45, when the ship was sunk by a German submarine during

References

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