William M. Baird
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William M. Baird was an American Presbyterian missionary who founded Soongsil University
in Korea
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Baird was born in Indiana on June 16, 1862. He was educated at Hanover University (Bachelor's degree in 1885, Ph.D. in 1903, and Doctor of Divinity in 1913) and McCormick Theological Seminary
(graduated 1888). Baird sailed to Korea to do missionary work, arriving in 1891, less than two months after marrying Annie Adams (18 December 1890). His first missionizing was in Busan
in September of the same year..
Beginning with a "Sarangbang" class in Pyeongyang in 1897, Baird's efforts grew into the Soongsil School in 1900 and eventually into an institution of higher education, graduating its first students in 1908.. Baird Hall on the Soongsil campus is named after him, and there is a bronze bust of him there as well .
Soongsil University
Soongsil University is a private Christian university in South Korea. The campus is located in 511 Sangdo-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul.- History :...
in Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
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Baird was born in Indiana on June 16, 1862. He was educated at Hanover University (Bachelor's degree in 1885, Ph.D. in 1903, and Doctor of Divinity in 1913) and McCormick Theological Seminary
McCormick Theological Seminary
McCormick Theological Seminary is one of eleven schools of theology of the Presbyterian Church . It shares a campus with the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, bordering the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois...
(graduated 1888). Baird sailed to Korea to do missionary work, arriving in 1891, less than two months after marrying Annie Adams (18 December 1890). His first missionizing was in Busan
Busan
Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
in September of the same year..
Beginning with a "Sarangbang" class in Pyeongyang in 1897, Baird's efforts grew into the Soongsil School in 1900 and eventually into an institution of higher education, graduating its first students in 1908.. Baird Hall on the Soongsil campus is named after him, and there is a bronze bust of him there as well .