1. Daniel Bliss was a Christian missionary from the United States and the founder of the American University of Beirut.
11 Facts About Daniel Bliss
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Daniel Bliss's mother died when Daniel was only nine years old.
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Daniel Bliss spent much of his youth in the state of Ohio.
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Daniel Bliss began to support himself at the age of sixteen mainly by farming, tanning, and tree grafting.
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Daniel Bliss graduated from Kingsville Academy in 1848 and went on to attend Amherst College.
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Once he graduated from Amherst in 1852, Daniel Bliss went on to attend Andover Theological Seminary to prepare for foreign and overseas missions.
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From October 1858 until 1862, Daniel Bliss was in charge of a boarding school in a town just north of Aley called Souk-al-Gharb.
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Daniel Bliss got the project chartered in 1864 by the New York State and raised funds in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Daniel Bliss was named president of the college he had founded and took on the responsibilities of treasurer and Professor of Bible and Ethics.
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Daniel Bliss met with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions where he spoke in support of the resolutions adopted in Beirut.
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Daniel Bliss resigned in 1902 and was succeeded by his son, Howard Bliss.