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luther rice silhouette 1830 25 september 1836 williams college northborough , massachusetts 25 march 1783 lutherrice-1830 . jpg luther rice
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luther rice

luther rice -lrb- 1783 -- 1836 -rrb- , was a baptist minister who , after a thwarted mission to india , returned to america where he spent the remainder of his career raising funds for missions and advocating for the formation of a unified baptist missionary-sending body , which culminated in establishment of the southern baptist convention .
he also raised funds to establish the columbian college -lrb- now the george washington university -rrb- in washington , dc .
