James Roscoe Day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Roscoe Day (1845-1923) was an American educator, born at Whitneyville, Me. He studied at Bowdoin, and was in 1872 ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was pastor at Bath, Me., 1872-74; Portland, Me., 1876-78; Boston, 1881-82; New York, 1883-85 and 1889-93; and in 1893 became chancellor of Syracuse University. He was elected bishop in 1904, but resigned. He wrote The Raid on Prosperity (1907) and My Neighbor the Workingman. He died at Atlantic City on January 13, 1923.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles Sims |
Chancellor of Syracuse University 1893–1922 |
Succeeded by Charles Wesley Flint |
