William Carey Crane

William Carey Crane
President of Baylor University
In office 1864–1885
Preceded by	George Washington Baines
Succeeded by	Reddin Andrews
Personal details
Born	1816 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Died	1885

William Carey Crane (March 17, 1816 – February 27, 1885) was a Baptist minister, an educator, and the President of Baylor University from 1864 to 1885.

William Carey Crane was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 17, 1816. He attended the Mount Pleasant Classical Institute in Amherst, Massachusetts, and Virginia Baptist Seminary, now known as Richmond College. In 1883, he attended the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institute and Madison, now known as Colgate University. In 1836, he received a B.A. from Columbian College, now known as George Washington University, followed by an M.A. in 1839.

From 1837 to 1839, Crane taught in Talbotton, Georgia, and preached in Thomaston and Greenville. He also preached at Mercer University. In 1838, he became a Baptist minister in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1839, he preached at the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

In the 1840s, he served as a pastor in Columbus, Vicksburg, and Yazoo City. In 1844, he was a professor at Union University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and he edited The Baptist with R.B.C. Howell for two years in Nashville. He served as President of Mississippi Female College in Hernando from 1851 to 1857, Semple Broaddus College in Centre Hill, Mississippi from 1859 to 1860, and Mount Lebanon College in Louisiana from 1860 to 1863. He was co-editor of the Louisiana Baptist and President of the Louisiana Baptist State Convention. He served as a pastor in Centre Hill, Coldwater, Oxford, Mississippi and New Connah, Tennessee. He was also an editor of the Mississippi Baptist. He was the cofounder and Vice-President of the Mississippi State Historical Society. He served as the general agent of the American Tract Society for two years. From 1851 to 1863, he served as Secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention and was its Vice-President four times in the 1870s and 1880s.

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