Sam Higginbottom
Sam Higginbottom | |
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| Born | 27 October 1874 |
| Died | 11 July 1958 (aged 83) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Ohio State University |
| Spouse | Jane Ethelind Cody |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Agricultural economics Rural sociology |
| Institutions | Ewing Christian College Allahabad Agricultural Institute |
Samuel Higginbottom (27 October 1874 – 11 June 1958) was an English-born Christian missionary in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), India, where he founded the Allahabad Agricultural Institute. Higginbottom was born in Manchester, England.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Higginbottom was born in Wales and the family moved to America. He left school early and working at different times as a butcher's boy, cab driver, and milk deliverer.[1] However, he had a strong youthful interest in the Christian gospel, and resolved to become a preacher or missionary.[1] Higginbottom attended Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts from 1894 to 1899.[1] Higginbottom continued his education at Amherst College and Princeton University in the United States, receiving a bachelor's degree from Princeton in 1903.[1][2][3][4]
Work in India
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On the recommendation of Henry Forman, Higginbottom arrived in India in 1903 as part of the North India Mission of the Presbyterian Church.[5] From then until 1909 he taught economics and science in Allahabad Christian College (now Ewing Christian College).[2][5] In 1904 he married Jane Ethelind Cody, of Cleveland, Ohio, who joined him in his work.[3] They had five children together.[2]
In 1909, he returned to the United States and spent three years studying agriculture at Ohio State University, after which he went back to Allahabad, to teach scientific methods of farming.[2][3] His educational programs grew into the founding of Allahabad Agricultural Institute in 1919. In 2009, Allahabad Agricultural Institute was rechristened as Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS) in honour of the founder.[6]
Higginbottom wrote two books: a book about his work published in 1921 and an autobiography published in 1949. While being in India, he developed close friendship with Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru[2] He retired in Florida in 1945. Higginbottom died in Frostproof, Florida at the home of his daughter, Mrs Charles Coates.[7]
Collections
[edit | edit source]Higginbottom's papers are housed at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.[7]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Sam Higginbottom. The Gospel and the Plough, Or, The Old Gospel and Modern Farming in Ancient India. 1921. London: Central Board of Missions and Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Republished in 2006: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Sam Higginbottom. Sam Higginbottom, Farmer: An Autobiography. 1949. Republished in 2007: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e History Archived 14 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Allahabad Agricultural Institute website
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- ^ a b Dr. Sam Higginbottom (1874-1958), Allahabad Agricultural Institute website.
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- English Presbyterian missionaries
- English emigrants to the United States
- Scholars from Allahabad
- 1874 births
- 1958 deaths
- Clergy from Manchester
- Presbyterian missionaries in India
- Northfield Mount Hermon School alumni
- Princeton University alumni
- Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences alumni
- Amherst College alumni
- Moderators of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
- British missionaries in India