Andrew Warren Sledd (November 7, 1870 – March 16, 1939) was an American theologian, university professor, and university president. Sledd was the first president of the University of Florida (then known as the "University of the State of Florida"), serving from 1905 to 1909, and previously served as the last president of one of its four predecessor institutions, the University of Florida at Lake City (formerly known as "Florida Agricultural Colle...
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Andrew Warren Sledd (November 7, 1870 – March 16, 1939) was an American theologian, university professor, and university president. Sledd was the first president of the University of Florida (then known as the "University of the State of Florida"), serving from 1905 to 1909, and previously served as the last president of one of its four predecessor institutions, the University of Florida at Lake City (formerly known as "Florida Agricultural College"), from 1904 to 1905. Sledd also served as the president of Southern University (now known as "Birmingham-Southern College") from 1910 to 1914, and later earned a reputation as an academic biblical scholar at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
Sledd was born November 7, 1870, in Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a Methodist Episcopal minister, Robert Newton Sledd, and his wife, Frances Carey Greene Sledd. The elder Sledd was an influential minister within the Virginia Methodist Conference and, at different times while Andrew...
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