Erastus Milo Cravath

Erastus Milo Cravath
Born(1833-07-01)July 1, 1833
Homer, New York
DiedSeptember 4, 1900(1900-09-04) (aged 67)
St. Charles, Minnesota
Education
OccupationEducator
Spouse
Ruth Anna Jackson
(m. 1860)
RelativesPaul 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]

  1. ^ Richardson, Joe (1980). A History of Fisk University, 1865-1946. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. pp. 2–4. ISBN 0817300155.