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Campbell, Alexander (Theologian author was born)

theologian, author, was born Sept. 12, 1788, in Ireland.

He was a baptist clergyman of West Virginia, who was the founder of the sect of Campbellites, or Disciples of Christ. He established Bethany college of Virginia in 1841, and was its first president. His writings, mainly controversial, are nearly sixty in number, among them being Christian Baptism; Infidelity Refuted by Infidels; Essay on Life and Death; Popular Lectures and Addresses; Christianity as it Was; Familiar Lectures on the Pentateuch; and Six Letters to a Sceptic. He died March 4, 1866, in Bethany, W. Va.