Anson Phelps Stokes (1874-1958), was an American educator, clergyman, author, philanthropist and civil rights activist. This is a list of educators. See also Education, List of education topics. A cleric ( Ancient Greek κληρικός - klērikos clergyman (pl An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change
Stokes was one of three men of the same name; his father was multimillionaire banker Anson Phelps Stokes, and his son was Anson Phelps Stokes, an Episcopal bishop. For other men with the same name see Anson Phelps Stokes (disambiguation Anson Phelps Stokes (1838-1913 was a merchant banker publicist and multimillionaire [1]
He was born in New Brighton on Staten Island, New York to Anson and Helen Louisa Phelps Stokes, and attended Yale University, graduating in 1896 with a bachelor's degree. New Brighton is a neighborhood formerly an independent village located on the North Shore of Staten Island in New York City, USA. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year He then traveled, mostly in East Asia. In 1897, he entered the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts to prepare for the priesthood, and received his bachelor of divinity degree in 1900, although it wasn't until 1925 that he formally became a priest. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
In 1899, Stokes took the post of secretary of Yale University, second in command to the college president, and he also served as assistant rector of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in New Haven, Connecticut from 1900 to1918. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [1] Stokes was a favorite to replace Arthur T. Hadley as president of Yale in 1921, and was said to have had the support of a majority of the board, but a vociferous minority insisted that an outsider was needed at the helm of the university, and Stokes was passed over. Arthur Twining Hadley (1856-1930 was an economist who served as President of Yale University from 1899 to 1921 [2]
Stokes married Carol G. Mitchell, and the two had three children, including Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr. , (1905-1986), and Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes II, both born in New Haven, Connecticut. Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr. was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1933. [1]
From 1924 to 1939, Stokes was resident canon at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington National Cathedral, whose official name is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Cathedral of The Episcopal Church. C. During this time, he became involved in many social, cultural, and ecclesiastical causes, and guided the philanthropy of the Phelps Stokes Fund (established in 1911) to improve the lives of African and American blacks. In 1936, he published a short biography of Booker T. Washington, which was an expanded version of a sketch he had written for the Dictionary of American Biography. Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5 1856 &ndash November 14 1915 was an American educator orator author and leader of the African-American community [1]
Stokes saw all of his work as "fellowship in the gospel" (Philemon 1:5).
He died after a lengthy illness in his Lenox, Massachusetts home. Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. [1]
Works
Phelps wrote these works:[1]
- Memorials of Eminent Yale Men, 2 vols. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1914.
- Tuskegee Institute — The First Fifty Years, 1931.
- Art and the Color Line: An Appeal made May 31, 1939 to the President General and Other Officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution to Modify the Rules so as to Permit Distinguished Negro Artists such as Marian Anderson to be Heard in Constitution Hall, Washington, 1939.
- "Introduction" to Encyclopedia of the Negro; preparatory volume with reference lists and reports, by W. E. B. Du Bois and Guy B. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (duːˈbɔɪz ( February 23, 1868 August 27, 1963) was an American Civil rights activist Johnson, prepared with the cooperation of E. Irene Diggs, Agnes C. L. Donohugh, Guion Johnson, et al. New York: The Phelps-Stokes Fund, Inc. , 1946.
- Contributor, Negro Status and Race Relations in the United States, 1911-1946; the Thirty-Five Year Report of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York: Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1948.
- Church and State in the United States, three volumes, 1950.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g [1]Web page titled "Grandfather, Father, & Son / The Three Anson Phelps Stokes: Anglo-American Philanthropists" at the ChickenBones: A Journal: for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes Web site, accessed March 5, 2007
- ^ "Angell Reported Choice at Yale: Anson Phelps Stokes Announces His Resignation as Secretary of the University" news article, The New York Times, February 19, 1921
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