- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- John Leadley Dagg (1794-1884)
- Creator:
- Gardner, Robert G.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-01-22
- Subject:
- Dagg, J. L. (John Leadley), 1794-1884
Clergy--Georgia
Baptists--Clergy
Baptists--Georgia
Authors, American--Georgia
Mercer University--Faculty
Mercer University--Presidents
Theologians--Georgia
College presidents--Georgia--Macon
College teachers--Georgia--Macon - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about John Leadley Dagg. Author, educator, and Baptist clergyman John Leadley Dagg spent the latter part of his career in Georgia, including twelve years as a professor of theology and then president of Mercer University in the 1840s and 1850s. His influential books on theology and ethics established his reputation as the country's first systematic Baptist theologian.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/john-leadley-dagg-1794-1884/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "John Leadley Dagg (1794-1884)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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