Henry Lee Graves was the President of Baylor University

Baylor University

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 from 1846 to 1851.

Biography

Henry Lee Graves was born in Yanceyville, North Carolina

Yanceyville, North Carolina

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 in 1813. From 1931 to 1935, he attended the University of North Carolina

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. From 1835 to 1837, he taught mathematics at Wake Forest College, then attended the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institute in New York City

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. He taught at a Baptist

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 high school in Covington, Georgia

Covington, Georgia

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 in 1843. He served as the first President of Baylor University from 1846 to 1851. He was a pastor in the Independence

Independence, Texas

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 Baptist church, an officer in the Union Baptist Association

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, and a Texas delegate to the Southern Baptist Convention

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 of 1845 in Augusta, Georgia

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. In 1848, he was President of the Texas Baptist State Convention. He was also a pastor in Brenham and Schulenburg. From 1859 to 1869, he was President of the Fairfield Female Academy in Fairfield, Texas

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. In 1872, he was President of the Texas Baptist Education Society. He died in 1881.