United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981916/1997William Ragsdale Cannon, a United Methodist minister and educator, was dean of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University from 1953 to 1968. He was named a bishop in 1968 and served areas in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia during his sixteen-year tenure.Photograph of William Ragsdale Cannon, a United Methodist minister and educator. Cannon was dean of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia from 1953 to 1968. He was named a bishop in 1968 and served areas in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia during his sixteen-year tenure.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/william-ragsdale-cannon-1916-1997Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/william-ragsdale-cannon-1916-1997Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaDeans (Education)--Georgia--AtlantaMethodist Church--ClergyMethodist Church--BishopsClergy--Georgia--AtlantaEducators--Georgia--AtlantaCandler School of TheologyHistorians--Georgia--AtlantaAuthors, American--Georgia--AtlantaCannon, William Ragsdale, 1916-William Ragsdale CannonStillImage