Henry Fairchild
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Edward Henry Fairchild was an American educator.
Fairchild was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. His father was Grandison Fairchild
. When he was a child his family moved to northeast Ohio.
When Oberlin College
opened its doors in 1834, Fairchild and his brother, James
, entered as freshmen. He graduated in 1838 and continued in the theological course for three years. He served as a pastor in Ohio for 22 years. A member of the antislavery movement, Fairchild was offered the presidency of Berea College
in Berea, Kentucky. Berea was a revolutionary college that educated both black and white men and women. Fairchild strongly supported coeducation and the education of blacks. During Fairchild's tenure as president, the physical plant and student body were expanded. Blacks remained about half of the student body.
After his death, this brother, George
, who had been president of Kansas State
, came to Berea as a professor of English and vice president.
Fairchild's son Charles Grandison Fairchild
became a distinguished educator and college president as well. Other children included:
Fairchild was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. His father was Grandison Fairchild
Grandison Fairchild
Grandison Fairchild was an American reformer and active in the founding of Oberlin College.He was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts and died in Brownhelm, Ohio....
. When he was a child his family moved to northeast Ohio.
When Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
opened its doors in 1834, Fairchild and his brother, James
James Fairchild
James Harris Fairchild was an American educator.Harris was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, on November 25, 1817. His father was Grandison Fairchild. Soon after his birth his parents moved to Brownhelm, Lorain County, Ohio, and settled on a farm about ten miles from the present site of Oberlin...
, entered as freshmen. He graduated in 1838 and continued in the theological course for three years. He served as a pastor in Ohio for 22 years. A member of the antislavery movement, Fairchild was offered the presidency of Berea College
Berea College
Berea College is a liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky , founded in 1855. Current full-time enrollment is 1,514 students...
in Berea, Kentucky. Berea was a revolutionary college that educated both black and white men and women. Fairchild strongly supported coeducation and the education of blacks. During Fairchild's tenure as president, the physical plant and student body were expanded. Blacks remained about half of the student body.
After his death, this brother, George
George Fairchild
George Thompson Fairchild was an American educator and university president.Fairchild was the son of Grandison Fairchild...
, who had been president of Kansas State
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
, came to Berea as a professor of English and vice president.
Fairchild's son Charles Grandison Fairchild
Charles Fairchild
Charles Grandison Fairchild was an American educator.Fairchild was born in Birmingham, Michigan, the son of Edward Henry Fairchild.After serving in the Union cavalry during the Civil War, Fairchild graduated from Oberlin College...
became a distinguished educator and college president as well. Other children included:
- Edward Henry
- Julia Marie
- Arthur Babbitt
- Eugene Plumb
See Reference
- "Fairchild, Edward Henry." The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1935). 24:263.