Joshua Allen Lippincott, clergyman and fourth chancellor of the University of Kansas (1883-89) was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, on January 31, 1835. He is a lineal descendent of Richard Lippincott, who left the family home in Devonshire, England in 1639 to settle in America. He was a Quaker, and many of his descendents continue in the same faith. The family name is one of the oldest of local origin in England, their motto being “Upright in prosperity or adversity.” Joshua Allen Lippincott passed his boyhood and youth in Burlington County, N. J., and his early educational advantages were those of the country school. He was always anxious for a colligate education, and opportunity unexpectedly offering, he entered Pennington Seminary, where he was prepared for Dickinson College, being graduated with distinction at the age of twenty-three. He immediately began teaching, having been offered the professorship of mathematics and German at Pennington Seminary. Four years later he accepted the position of superintendent of the public schools in Scranton, Pa. His success was so marked that he was soon called to a more important position in the New Jersey State normal and model schools at Trenton. In 1865 he was admitted to the Wyoming conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and while doing his educational work frequently acted as pastor and answered continued calls to the pulpit. After having filled the pulpit of Asbury Church, Hackensack, N. J., for two years, he accepted the professorship of mathematics and astronomy in Dickinson College. This position he retained until 1883, when he resigned to become chancellor of the University of Kansas. The remarkable development of this institution during his incumbency is a testimonial to his great administrational ability. The position, however, was not wholly to his taste; he yielded to a desire for closer relations to his church, and in 1889 resigned to accept the pastorate of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Topeka, Ks. From this pastoral relation he was called to the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, Pa. He has since resided in that city. In 1882 Franklin and Marshall College of Lancaster, Pa., conferred upon him the degree of D.D., and in 1886 the University of Michigan honored him with the degree of LL.D.
From the National Cyclopaedia, Page 494 Volume IX
From the National Cyclopaedia, Page 494 Volume IX
Joshua Allen Lippincott, clergyman and fourth chancellor of the University of Kansas (1883-89) was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, on January 31, 1835. He is a lineal descendent of Richard Lippincott, who left the family home in Devonshire, England in 1639 to settle in America. He was a Quaker, and many of his descendents continue in the same faith. The family name is one of the oldest of local origin in England, their motto being “Upright in prosperity or adversity.” Joshua Allen Lippincott passed his boyhood and youth in Burlington County, N. J., and his early educational advantages were those of the country school. He was always anxious for a colligate education, and opportunity unexpectedly offering, he entered Pennington Seminary, where he was prepared for Dickinson College, being graduated with distinction at the age of twenty-three. He immediately began teaching, having been offered the professorship of mathematics and German at Pennington Seminary. Four years later he accepted the position of superintendent of the public schools in Scranton, Pa. His success was so marked that he was soon called to a more important position in the New Jersey State normal and model schools at Trenton. In 1865 he was admitted to the Wyoming conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and while doing his educational work frequently acted as pastor and answered continued calls to the pulpit. After having filled the pulpit of Asbury Church, Hackensack, N. J., for two years, he accepted the professorship of mathematics and astronomy in Dickinson College. This position he retained until 1883, when he resigned to become chancellor of the University of Kansas. The remarkable development of this institution during his incumbency is a testimonial to his great administrational ability. The position, however, was not wholly to his taste; he yielded to a desire for closer relations to his church, and in 1889 resigned to accept the pastorate of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Topeka, Ks. From this pastoral relation he was called to the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, Pa. He has since resided in that city. In 1882 Franklin and Marshall College of Lancaster, Pa., conferred upon him the degree of D.D., and in 1886 the University of Michigan honored him with the degree of LL.D.
From the National Cyclopaedia, Page 494 Volume IX
From the National Cyclopaedia, Page 494 Volume IX
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