Cyrus David Foss, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American bishop
Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1834
Place of Birth: Kingston, New York, United States
Date of Death: 29-Jan-1910
Profession: priest
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Cyrus David Foss
- Cyrus David Foss (January 17, 1834 – January 29, 1910) was a prominent Methodist bishop in the latter 19th century, primarily serving in New York City and New England. Foss was born in Kingston, New York on January 17, 1834.
- He attended Wesleyan University, graduating in 1854.
- He began his career teaching, and then entered the ministry.
- Foss was "pastor of the most prominent Methodist churches in this city [New York] and Brooklyn."Foss married Mary E.
- Bradley in 1856.
- She died in 1863, and he married Amelia Robertson in 1865.Foss was elected the sixth President of Wesleyan University in 1875, and he held that post for five years.
- His term in office was generally prosperous.
- By all accounts, Foss was a genial and avuncular man.
- He lived on a hill behind the campus, and "Foss House" was a prominent campus fixture until the late 1950s.
- It was used to house veterans during and after World War II.
- It is now the site of West College.
- The hill is still known as "Foss Hill." "Bishop Foss is recognized as a man of superior abilities, an able preacher, and an earnest and devout Christian...
- He received the degree of D.
- D.
- from Wesleyan University in 1870 and that of LL.D.
- from Cornell College, Iowa, in 1879.
- He has contributed to current literature, and has published sermons and addresses, including 'Songs in the Night,' a Thanksgiving sermon, (New York, 1862), and his inaugural address as president of Wesleyan University (1876)."In 1880 Foss was consecrated a Methodist bishop.
- He served as a bishop in Minneapolis and Philadelphia.
- Later in life, Foss travelled the world extensively for the Methodist Church, and he published an account of his travels as From the Himalayas to the Equator: Letters, Sketches and Addresses, Giving Some Account of a Tour of India and Malaysia.
- After visiting missions in China he became ill, and did not recover his health.
- Foss died in Philadelphia on January 29, 1910 and was buried in Pawling, New York.
- His papers are kept at Wesleyan and Drew Universities.
- A biography of Foss was published posthumously.
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