Andrew Sledd (1870–1939) was an American theologian, university professor and university president. A native of Virginia, he was ordained as a Methodist minister after earning his master's degree; he later earned a doctorate at Yale. After teaching for several years, Sledd became the last president of the University of Florida at Lake City from 1904 to 1905, and the first president of what is now the University of Florida from 1905 to 1909. He was president of Southern University from 1910 to 1914, and became a professor and an influential biblical scholar at Emory University's Candler School of Theology from 1914 to 1939. Bibliographies highlight his 1902 magazine article advocating better legal and social treatment of African-Americans, his role in founding the modern University of Florida, his scholarly analysis of biblical texts as literature, his call for an end to racial violence, and his influence on a generation of Methodist seminary students, scholars and ministers.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1216:

Pope Honorius III issued the papal bull Religiosam vitam to establish the Dominican Order. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Order

1769:

Having been soundly defeated in battle, the Qing dynasty agreed to terms of truce, ending the Sino-Burmese War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Burmese_War_(1765%E2%80%9369)

1937:

The Lincoln Tunnel, connecting New York City to Weehawken, New Jersey, opened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Tunnel

1988:

Brazilian unionist and environmental activist Chico Mendes was murdered at his Xapuri home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Mendes

2001:

Burhanuddin Rabbani of the Northern Alliance handed over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by Hamid Karzai (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Karzai

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

endosteum: (biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone; an internal periosteum. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endosteum

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

It's the questions we ask, the journey we take to get to where we are going that is more important than the actual answer. It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.   --Charles de Lint https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_de_Lint