John Carlisle Kilgo | |
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President of Trinity College | |
In office 1894–1910 | |
Preceded by | John Franklin Crowell |
Succeeded by | William Preston Few |
Personal details | |
Born | Laurens, South Carolina | July 22, 1861
Died | August 11, 1922 Charlotte, North Carolina | (aged 61)
John Carlisle Kilgo (July 22, 1861 – August 11, 1922) served as a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) from 1910 to 1922. From 1894 to 1910, Kilgo was the president of Trinity College, in Durham, North Carolina, the predecessor of Duke University. Earlier, Kilgo was a circuit preacher in South Carolina and a financial agent of Wofford College.