John Berrien Lindsley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Berrien Lindsley
American educator
Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1822
Place of Birth: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1897
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About John Berrien Lindsley
- John Berrien Lindsley (1822–1897) was an American Presbyterian minister and educator in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Born in Princeton, New Jersey and educated at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, he married an heiress to the Carnton plantation and ministered to slaves and the poor.
- He was Professor of Medicine at the University of Nashville and co-founder of its Medical Department (a precursor to the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine).
- He served as the Dean of the Medical Department from 1850 to 1855, and as the Chancellor of the University of Nashville from 1855 to its demise in 1873. During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, he protected its campus buildings, and he was in charge of Confederate hospitals in Nashville.
- After the war, he was a superintendent of Nashville schools and a co-founder of the Montgomery Bell Academy.
Read more at Wikipedia