Homer Russell Salisbury

Homer Russell Salisbury (May 27, 1870 – December 30, 1915) was a Seventh-day Adventist educator and administrator who started the first Adventist school in England. He died at sea aboard the SS Persia on December 30, 1915, when it was sunk by a German submarine during World War I.^[1]

Homer Russell Salisbury (1870–1915) portrait circa 1915

Biography

He was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, on May 27, 1870, to Burleigh Russell Salisbury.^[2] He had a brother who migrated to Australia.^[3] He married Lenna Elizabeth Whitney.

In 1901 Salisbury founded the first Seventh-day Adventist school in England, Duncombe Hall College, and was the principal there for five years.^[2] In 1904 he became a minister. In 1905 Salisbury became president of the South England Conference. He taught at Claremont Union College in South Africa.^[2]

Salisbury was made president of the Indian Union Mission in 1913.^[2][3]

He boarded the SS Persia in Marseille, headed for India. He died on December 30, 1915, aged 45, when the ship was sunk by a German submarine during World War I.^[1][3][4]