Lyttleton Morgan

American academic, preacher and university administrator

Lyttleton Morgan (1813 – 1895) was the first chairman of the board of trustees of Morgan State University, which was renamed in his honor (it was founded as the Centenary Biblical Institute).^[1]

Susan Rigby Dallam Morgan

(m. 1840; died 1887)

Career

Rev. Morgan was "station-preacher" meaning that he generally traveled to different churches to preach the Gospel, without having a church of his own. He had preached at every prominent church in the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Conference.^[2] Morgan also served as chaplain to the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1852.^[3] He was married to Susan Rigby Dallam Morgan, a poet of the Poe era.

Morgan State University, in Baltimore, used to be the Centenary Biblical Institute of the Methodist Episcopal, but was renamed in his honor in 1890.^[4]

References

^ "Morgan State University - Brief History of Morgan State University". Morgan.edu. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
^ "Susan Morgan (Poe people)". Poe Society. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
^ "History of the Chaplaincy". Chaplain, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
^ "Morgan State University". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2011-07-27.