Charles Richmond Henderson
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Biography
Born in Covington, Indiana, on December 17, 1848,Template:Sfn he graduated at the Old University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts degree 1870 and a Master of Arts degree in 1873.[1] He earned his Bachelor of Divinity degree at the Baptist Union Theological Seminary in 1873[1] and was ordained as a minister. From 1873 to 1883 Henderson was pastor at Terre Haute, Indiana, and from c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". to 1892 at Woodward Avenue Baptist Church in Detroit.Template:Sfnm
Appointed in 1892 assistant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, he was afterward advanced to a full professorship. In 1898-99 he was president of the National Conference of Charities, in 1902 president of the National Prison Association, and in 1910 of the International Prison Congress. In 1907 he served as secretary of the Illinois Commission on Occupational Diseases.[2]
He died in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 29, 1915.[2]
Publications
His works include:
- The Development of Doctrine in the Epistles (1894)
- The Social Spirit in America (1896)
- Social Settlements (1897)
- Social Elements (1898)
- An Introduction to the Study of the Dependent, Defective, and Delinquent Classes (1898; second edition, enlarged, 1901)
- Modern Prison Systems (57th Congress, 2d Session, House Document No. 452, 1903)
- Modern Methods of Charity (1904)
- Industrial Insurance in the United States (1907)
- Social Duties from a Christian Point of View (1909)
- Education in Relation to Sex (1909)
- Social Programmes of the West (1913)
See also
References
Footnotes
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External links
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- Guide to the Charles Richmond Henderson Papers 1902-1910 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
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- People from Terre Haute, Indiana
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- 1848 births
- 1915 deaths
- People from Covington, Indiana
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- 20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States
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