Sanders, Frank Knight, 1861-1933

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)