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Andrew Warren Sledd (November 7, 1870 – March 16, 1939) was an American theologian, university professor and university president. A native of Virginia, he was the son of a prominent Methodist minister, and was himself ordained as a minister after earning his bachelor's degree and master's degree. He later earned a second master's degree and his doctorate. After teaching for several years, Sledd was chosen to be the last president of the University of Florida at Lake City, from 1904 to 1905, and the first president of the modern University of Florida (first known as the "University of the State of Florida"), from 1905 to 1909. He was also president of Southern University from 1910 to 1914, and later became a professor and an influential biblical scholar at Emory University's Candler School of Theology from 1914 to 1939. Sledd first gained national recognition after he wrote a 1902 magazine article advocating better legal and social treatment of African-Americans. He is also prominently remembered for his role in founding the modern University of Florida, his scholarly analysis of biblical texts as literature, his call for an end to racial violence, and his influence on a generation of Methodist seminary students, scholars and ministers. == Early life and education == Sledd was born November 7, 1870, in Lynchburg, Virginia,〔"( Dr. Andrew Sledd, Noted Educator, 68, Drops Dead )," ''The Atlanta Constitution'', p. 28 (March 17, 1939). Retrieved November 3, 2015. 〕 the son of a Methodist Episcopal minister, Robert Newton Sledd, and his wife, Frances Carey Greene Sledd.〔Raymond H. Firth, ''The Life of Andrew Sledd'' (unpublished thesis), Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 1 (1940).〕 The elder Sledd was an influential minister within the Virginia Methodist Conference, and at various times while Andrew was growing up, his father held prominent pastorates of large Methodist congregations in four different Virginia cities—Danville, Norfolk, Petersburg and Richmond.〔〔"( Professor Sledd Could Not Stay )," ''Baltimore American'', p. 2 (August 11, 1902). Retrieved November 3, 2015.〕 Andrew received his early education in the Petersburg school of W. Gordon McCabe, a former Confederate captain and veteran of the U.S. Civil War.〔Andrew Sledd, ''Autobiography of a Southern Schoolmaster'' (unpublished manuscript), University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries, Special Collections, Gainesville, Florida, p. 1 (c. 1905).〕 In 1888, Sledd entered Methodist-affiliated Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Virginia.〔 While at Randolph–Macon, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity (Virginia Gamma chapter); he was also the college's outstanding student-athlete and was particularly known as the college baseball team's first baseman and star hitter.〔Albert E. Barnett, ''Andrew Sledd: His Life and Work'', Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 4 (1956).〕 Sledd left the college without finishing his undergraduate degree requirements, first accepting a position as a teacher in Durant, Mississippi,〔 and then as the principal of a high school in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.〔Firth, ''Life of Andrew Sledd'', p. 3.〕 After teaching in Arkansas for two years, he returned to Randolph–Macon and completed his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in 1894.〔 Sledd graduated in mathematics, was recognized for completing the best work in the mathematics and Greek departments during his senior year,〔J. A. Kern, President of Randolph–Macon College, in a letter of recommendation dated February 28, 1894. University of Florida, George Smathers Libraries, University Archives, Gainesville, Florida.〕 and was honored as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.〔 Sledd taught at the Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia, from 1894 to 1895, before returning to graduate school. He earned a second master of arts degree in Greek from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1896,〔Marion Elias Lazenby, ''(History of Methodism in Alabama and West Florida )'', North Alabama Conference and Alabama–West Florida Conference of the Methodist Church, p. 852 (1960).〕 and completed one year's additional graduate work toward a doctoral degree.〔 While he was at Harvard, he played for the Harvard Crimson baseball team, and he is remembered as one of Harvard's greatest athletes of the era;〔 he was offered a professional baseball contract but turned it down.〔 Several years later, during a break in his teaching career, Sledd completed his doctorate.〔Terry L. Matthews, "( The Voice of a Prophet: Andrew Sledd Revisited )," ''Journal of Southern Religion'', vol. 6, p. 2 (December 2003). Retrieved November 3, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Sledd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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