William Henry Campbell (college president)

William Henry Campbell (September 14, 1808 – December 7, 1890) was an American Presbyterian minister and the eighth President of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) serving from 1862 to 1882.

Biography

He was born on September 14, 1808.

Receiving his baccalaureate degree from Dickinson College in 1828, Campbell attended Princeton Theological Seminary for one year. For the next few years, Campbell briefly taught and preached at several locations before assuming a position as Professor of Oriental Languages at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary and simultaneously filling the post of Professor of Belles Lettres at Rutgers College. In 1848, Reverend Campbell became Principal of The Albany Academy before he was appointed the president of Rutgers College in 1862.