Background
Scott, William Anderson was born on January 31, 1813 in Rock Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Eli and Martha (Anderson) Scott.
Scott, William Anderson was born on January 31, 1813 in Rock Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Eli and Martha (Anderson) Scott.
Graduate Cumberland College, Princeton, Kentucky, 1833. Attended Princeton (New Jersey) Theological Seminary. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, University of Alabama, 1844.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, U. City New York, 1872).
And Arkansas, 1835-1836. Principal Female Academy, Winchester, Tennessee, 1836-1838. President Nashville Female Seminary, 1838-1840.
Pastor Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1840-1842, 1st Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, 1842-1854.
Editor the Presbyterian, 1842-1854. Founder Calvary Church, San Francisco, 1854, pastor, 1854-1861.
Founder, editor religious publication, Pacific Epxositor. A southern sympathizer, departed for England, 1861.
Pastor 42d Saint Church, New York City (congregation of southern sympathizers), 1863-1870.
Organizer Saint John's Church, San Francisco. A founder City College, San Francisco, 1856. Board directors San Francisco Theological Seminary (now at San Anselmo, California), 1871-1885, 1st president of the board, 1st elected professor (to chair of logic and systematic theology).
1st faculty president
Moderator Presbyterian General Assembly (Old School), 1858. Author: Daniel: A Model for Young Men, 1854.
The Wedge of Gold. Or Achan in El Dorado, 1855.
Trade and Letters, 1856. The Giant Judge, 1858.
The Bible and Politics, 1859. The Church in the Army.
Or The Four Centurions, 1862.
The Christ of the Apostles’ Creed, 1867.
Married Ann Nicholson, January 19, 1836.
