Charles Richmond Henderson

The Reverend Charles Richmond Henderson
Born	(1848-12-17)December 17, 1848 Covington, Indiana, US
Died	March 29, 1915(1915-03-29) (aged 66) Charleston, South Carolina, US
Spouse	Ella L. Levering ​ (m. 1873)​
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Baptist)
Ordained	c. 1873
Academic background
Alma mater	Old University of Chicago Baptists Union Theological Seminary Leipzig University
Influences	Albert Schäffle[1]
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
School or tradition	Chicago school[2]
Institutions	University of Chicago
Doctoral students	W. I. Thomas
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Charles Richmond Henderson (1848–1915) was an American Baptist minister and sociologist. After being a pastor for nearly 20 years in Terre Haute and Detroit, he took an appointment as an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, where he became a tenured professor. He published several works on society in the United States, the prison system, and the sociology of charities.