Atticus Greene Haygood

Atticus Greene Haygood (1839 1896) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Biography

He was born in Watkinsville, Ga. and graduated at Emory College (Georgia) in 1859. He entered the ministry where he edited the Sunday-school publications of the Southern branch of the church. He edited the Wesleyan Christian Advocate (1878-82), served as president of Emory General Agent of the Slater Fund. He declined an election as Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1882, but accepted another election in 1890.

His works include:

Haygood Hall, a dormitory at Oxford College of Emory University, is named after him.

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