Campbell, Alexander

I., 1788-1866. A Baptist clergyman of West Virginia, who was the founder of the sect of Campbell i tes, or Disciples of Christ. He established Bethany College in 1841, and was its first president. His writings, mainly controversial, are nearly sixty in number, among them being Christian Baptism; Infidelity Refuted by Infidels; E ay on Life and Death; Popular Lectures and Addre es; Christianity as it Was; Familiar Lectures on the Pent a teuch; Six Letters to a Sceptic. See Hart’s American Literature; Memoir by Richardson, 1868.