Albert Carman
| Albert Carman | |
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| Born |
27 June 1833 Iroquois, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 3 November 1917 (aged 79) Toronto, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Methodist Minister |
| Known for | General Superintendent of the Methodist Church |
Albert Carman (27 June 1833 – 3 November 1917) was a Canadian Methodist minister and teacher who became head of the Methodist Church in Canada.
Albert Carman was born on 27 June 1833 at Iroquois, Ontario, Canada, son of Philip Carman and Emeline Shaver. His family on both sides were loyalists who settled in Matilda Township in 1784 on crown land grants after the American Revolutionary War. His father and mother were both grandchildren of soldiers of the King's Royal Regiment of New York. His father was a self-educated farmer and tanner.
Carman attended the Matilda Common School and the Dundas County Grammar School. He was admitted to Victoria College, Cobourg in 1851. This was a Wesleyan institution. Carman was converted in the winter of 1854, and was encouraged by his father to join the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada. Carman joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1857 as a probationer.
Carman graduated from Victoria College in 1855, and was headmaster of Dundas County Grammar School from 1854–57. In 1857 he became professor of mathematics at the Belleville Seminary, and in 1858 he became principal of the institution. The Belleville Seminary took an evangelical and conservative position to religion. It gave a three-year course in classics, philosophy, mathematics and science tor young Methodist Episcopals, both men and women. The school was controversial to many members of the denomination, who were suspicious of learning. It struggled from lack of funding. There were only fifty students by the spring of 1861. Some were supporting themselves by doing jobs such as sawing wood, and others were paying their fees in commodities rather than cash. Carman's father sent food to the school to help out.
Carman made the Belleville Seminary succeed through advocacy within the church and through his ability as a teacher and administrator. He was ordained a Deacon in 1859. Carman completed a master's degree in 1860. He married Mary Jane Sisk of Belleville on 19 July 1860 and they had three sons and one daughter. The seminary was affiliated with the University of Toronto in 1861. Carman became a full minister in 1864, although he had never preached on a circuit. In 1866 the Seminary became Albert College, able to grant arts degrees to male students. Women could attend undergraduate classes and obtain a diploma. By 1868 there were 190 men and 73 women at Albert College. Almost a hundred students were resident. In 1870 Carman established a faculty of divinity, and organized faculties of arts, engineering, law and music. Carman was president of Albert College until 1875.
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