About John Bunyan Shearer
Lived 1832 – 1919 (aged 86). John Bunyan Shearer was an American chancellor and parson.
John Bunyan Shearer (1832–1919) was the eighth president of Davidson College.
Biography John Bunyan Shearer was born in Appomattox County, Virginia on July 19, 1832. He completed his undergraduate studies at Hampden–Sydney College in 1851 and eventually entered the ministry. After the American Civil War, Shearer became president of Stewart College in Clarksville, Tennessee, which would later become Rhodes College. As president, Shearer spearheaded on renovating buildings and included mandatory Bible classes for students.
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president of Davidson College
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John Bunyan Shearer was born on 19 July 1832 in Appomattox County.
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John Bunyan Shearer died on 14 June 1919 in Davidson.
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John Bunyan Shearer was a chancellor and parson.
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John Bunyan Shearer was American.
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