Lyttleton Morgan Explained

Lyttleton Morgan (1813 – 1895) was the first chairman of the board of trustees of Morgan State University, which was renamed in his honor (it was founded as the Centenary Biblical Institute).^[1]

Career

Rev. Morgan was "station-preacher" meaning that he generally traveled to different churches to preach the Gospel, without having a church of his own. He had preached at every prominent church in the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Conference.^[2] Morgan also served as chaplain to the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1852.^[3] He was married to Susan Rigby Dallam Morgan, a poet of the Poe era.

Morgan State University, in Baltimore, used to be the Centenary Biblical Institute of the Methodist Episcopal, but was renamed in his honor in 1890.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morgan State University - Brief History of Morgan State University . https://web.archive.org/web/20090621030719/http://www.morgan.edu/About_MSU/University_History.html . dead . 2009-06-21 . Morgan.edu . 2013-12-27 .
2. Web site: Susan Morgan (Poe people) . 2011-07-27 . Poe Society .
3. Web site: History of the Chaplaincy. 2011-07-27 . Chaplain, U.S. House of Representatives.
4. Web site: Morgan State University . 2011-07-27 . Maryland State Archives.