John Pym Carter
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John Pym Carter | |
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| 2nd President of Lincoln University | |
| In office October 8, 1856 – 1861 | |
| Preceded by | John Miller Dickey |
| Succeeded by | John Wynne Martin |
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| Born | 1811 |
| Died | January 6, 1892 (aged 80–81) Washington, D.C., US |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Minister, educator |
John Pym Carter (1811 – January 6, 1892)[1] was an American Presbyterian minister and educator who served as the second president of the Ashmun Institute, which became Lincoln University, a historically black university in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He served from October 8, 1856, to 1861. He concurrently served as the sole faculty member and instructor, providing a general college education as well as seminary training to prepare his students for Presbyterian ordination and missionary work.[2][3]
Carter was born in Plymouth, England, in 1811 and immigrated to America with his parents when he was five years old. The family settled in Washington, D.C. Carter attended Georgetown University and married Martha Webb, a native of Baltimore, where he settled after graduation. He converted to Presbyterianism in 1834 and became an ordained minister in 1838.[4]