History of Covington, (Fountain County) Indiana United States of America

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Biographical Sketch of Charles Richmond Henderson

Charles Richmond Henderson, educator, was born in Covington, Ind., Dec. 17, 1848; son of Albert and Lorana (Richmond) Henderson and grandson of Dr. John Lambert Richmond. He was graduated from the old University of Chicago, Ill., in 1870, and from the Baptist Theological seminary, Chicago, in 1873. He was a pastor at Terre Haute, Ind., 1873-82; at Detroit, Mich., 1882-93; assistant professor of social science at the University of Chicago, and university recorder, 1892-94; and became associate professor of sociology in the Divinity school in 1892, full professor in 1897 and university chaplain in 1892. He was president of the 26th National Conference of Charities and Correction, 1898-99; a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and of the American Economic association; vice-president of the National Prison association, 1900, and chairman of the executive committee of the Chicago Bureau of Charities. He received the degree of D.D. from the Baptist Union Theological seminary in 1883. He became associate editor of the American Journal of Theology and of the American Journal of Sociology, and is the author of Introduction of the Study of Depedents, Defectives and Delinquents (1893); Development of Doctrine in the Epistles (1894); Social Spirit in America (1896); Social Elements (1898); Social Settlements (1899); and introduction to Thomas Chalmer's Christian and Civil Economy of Large Towns (1900), and The Socialist Spirit in America (1902).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor