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John Nevins Andrews (July 22, 1829 – October 21, 1883) was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, the first official Seventh-day Adventist missionary, writer, editor, and scholar. Andrews University (Michigan, USA), a university owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist church, is named after him.
John Nevins Andrews. John Nevins Andrews (July 22, 1829 in Poland, Maine – October 21, 1883 in Basel, Switzerland), was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, missionary, writer, editor, and scholar. J. N. Andrews was the first SDA missionary sent to countries outside North America.
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John Byington (1798 – 1887) 20 March 1863 17 May 1865 2 Years, 2 months 2 James Springer White (4 August 1821 – 6 August 1881) 17 May 1865 14 May 1867 2 Years 3 John Nevins Andrews (22 July 1829 – 21 October 1883) 1867 1869 2 Years 4 James Springer White (4 August 1821 – 6 August 1881) 1869 1871 2 Years 5 George Ide Butler (1834 ...
Andrews University (Andrews) is a private Seventh-day Adventist university in Berrien Springs, Michigan.Founded in 1874 as Battle Creek College, it was the first higher education facility started by Seventh-day Adventists and is the flagship university of the Seventh-day Adventist school system, [4] [5] the world's second largest Christian school system.
John Andrews (architect) (1933–2022), architect for the CN Tower in Toronto and Gund Hall at Harvard University John Bertram Andrews (1880–1943), American economist John T. Andrews (geologist) (born 1937), professor of geological and atmospheric and oceanic sciences
The next year, a medical missionary John Nevins Andrews (grandson of Elder J. N. Andrews) and his wife Dorothy Spicer traveled to Tachienlu, an East Tibetan city located in West Sichuan. [5] They started out in a drafty wooden house where the wind blew constantly. [6] In 1921, several houses were built by the mission for general medical services.
"The Andrews family was one of the most prominent in Paris Hill. John Nevins Andrews (1829-1883) was the first official Seventh-day Adventist oversears foreign missionary and the namesake of Andrews University. Charles Andrews (1814-1852), an uncle to John, became a lawyer and politician.