Sanders, Frank Knight, 1861-1933

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Birth 1861

Death 1933

Biographical notes:

The son of ABCFM missionaries to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Frank Knight Sanders (1861-1933) taught at Jaffna College, Ceylon from 1882 to 1886. He was on the faculty of the Yale Divinity School from 1891 to 1907, serving as Dean from 1901 to 1905. He was President of Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas from 1908 to 1914 and Director of the Board of Missionary Preparation for the Foreign Missions Conference of North America from 1914 to 1927.

From the description of Frank Knight Sanders papers, 1815-1953 (inclusive), 1880-1930 (bulk). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702153265

1861 Born in Batticotta, Jaffna, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), fifth son of Marshall Danforth and Georgianna (Knight) Sanders, missionaries under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1865 Came to U.S., lived with his uncle, Henry Martyn Knight, in Lakeville, CT. Parents returned to Ceylon. 1868 Mother died of pleurisy in Ceylon; father married Carrie E. Webb in 1870 1882 A. B., Ripon College, Wisconsin 1882 1886 Instructor at Jaffna College, Ceylon 1888 M.A., Ripon College, Wisconsin 1888 Married Edith Blackman; children: Helen, Morris Blackman, Frank Knight. 1889 Ph.D., Yale 1889 1891 Assistant in Semitic Languages, Yale 1891 1892 Instructor in Semitic Languages, Yale. 1892 1894 Assistant Professor of Biblical Literature, Yale 1894 1901 Woolsey Professor of Biblical Literature, Yale 1901 1905 Professor of Biblical History and Archeology, Yale 1901 1905 Dean of Yale Divinity School 1902 Ordained as Congregational minister in New Haven 1905 1908 Secretary of the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society 1908 1914 President of Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas 1914 1927 Director of Missionary Preparation for the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. 1933 Died in Rockport, MA

From the guide to the Frank Knight Sanders Papers, 1815-1953, (Yale University Divinity School Library)