Erastus Milo Cravath | |
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| Born | July 1, 1833 Homer, New York |
| Died | September 4, 1900 (aged 67) St. Charles, Minnesota |
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| Occupation | Educator |
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Ruth Anna Jackson (m. 1860) |
| Relatives | Paul Drennan Cravath (son) Georgia Laura White (niece) |
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Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900) was a pastor and American Missionary Association (AMA) official who after the American Civil War, helped found Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, and numerous other historically black colleges in Georgia and Tennessee for the education of freedmen. He also served as president of Fisk University for more than 20 years.[1]
- ^ Richardson, Joe (1980). A History of Fisk University, 1865-1946. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. pp. 2–4. ISBN 0817300155.