S. B. Wilson

S. B. Wilson
President of Hampden–Sydney College
Preceded by	Patrick J. Sparrow
Succeeded by	F. S. Sampson (Acting)
Personal details
Born	March 17, 1783 Crowders, North Carolina
Died	August 1, 1869 (aged 86) Hampden Sydney, Virginia
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Hanna Wilson
Children	Mary Blain Wilson Samuel Owen Wilson Martha Hanna Wilson John Mark Wilson Eliza Chur Gordon James Matthew Wilson
Alma mater	D.D. Princeton University
Profession	Theologian
Religion	Presbyterian

Samuel B. Wilson (born Samuel Wilson) (March 17, 1783 – August 1, 1869) was a Virginia theologian and professor. He served a brief period as acting President of Hampden–Sydney College in 1847.^[1]

Biography

Wilson was the born in Crowders, North Carolina in 1783, the tenth child to John and Mary Wray Wilson.^[2] He was christened as Samuel Wilson, but as a young man he added a middle name and subsequently signed himself as Samuel B. Wilson.^[2] Dr. Wilson later told his grandson, William Caruthers (son of William Alexander Caruthers and great-nephew of Archibald Alexander, the B. stood for Brown, in memory of Rev. Samuel Brown, in whose family Dr. Wilson lived for some time while studying theology under him.^[2]

Wilson was a professor at the Union Theological Seminary now (Union Presbyterian Seminary) in Hampden Sydney, Virginia from November 1841 to August 1869.^[2] In 1847, Wilson accepted the role as Acting President of Hampden–Sydney College, a position he held for three months before being replaced by F. S. Sampson.^[1]

References

1. Brinkley, John Luster (1994). On This Hill: A narrative history of Hampden–Sydney College, 1774–1994. Hampden–Sydney, VA: Hampden–Sydney College. p. 179. ISBN 1-886356-06-8.
2. Rice, JoAnn (August 13, 2009). "Rev Samuel B Wilson". Find a Grave. Retrieved October 7, 2014.