Bliss, Daniel

Bliss, Daniel

(1823–1916) Protestant missionary, educator; born in Georgia, Vt. He grew up on farms in Vermont and Ohio, graduated from Amherst in 1852, attended Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1855, went to Syria as a missionary. He founded the Syrian Protestant College (now American University), Beirut, Lebanon, in 1866. President and treasurer of the college until 1902, he continued to teach classes and deliver an occasional sermon after his retirement.

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