Bell, William Augustus, 1882-
- Biography:
- "William Augustus Bell was born on February 16, 1882 in Elbert County, Georgia, to Luther H.A. and Mary J. (Thompson) Bell. He was educated at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia, and Columbia University in New York City. In 1913, he married Helen Matile Caffey and they had three children. Bell taught at Miles Memorial College in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1908 to 1912 and from 1912 to 1913 served as the college's president. He left the college in 1913 and became dean of his alma mater, Paine College. In addition to being an educator, Bell was a prominent businessman in Atlanta and active, locally and nationally, in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church."--Inventory of the William Augustus Bell diaries, 1910, 1932, MARBL, Emory University.
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