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	Luther Rice was a direct descendant of [[Edmund Rice (1638)\|Edmund Rice]], an English immigrant to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], as follows:<ref>Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2007. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations.</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.edmund-rice.org/era5gens/p30.htm#i57223 \|title=Edmund Rice Six-Generation Database Online: Luther Rice \|publisher= Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. \|access-date= 15 April 2009}}</ref>		Luther Rice was a direct descendant of [[Edmund Rice (1638)\|Edmund Rice]], an English immigrant to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], as follows:<ref>Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2007. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations.</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.edmund-rice.org/era5gens/p30.htm#i57223 \|title=Edmund Rice Six-Generation Database Online: Luther Rice \|publisher= Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. \|access-date= 15 April 2009}}</ref>

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{{Infobox person| name = Luther Rice | image = LutherRice-1830.jpg| caption = Luther Rice Silhouette 1830| birth_date = 25 March 1783 | birth_place = [[Northborough, Massachusetts]]| |alma_mater=[[Williams College]]| death_date = {{d-da|25 September 1836|25 March 1783}}| death_place = [[Edgefield, South Carolina]]}}
'''Luther Rice''' (25 March 1783 – 27 September 1836), 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 Baptist [[Triennial Convention]] (which later split with the formation of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]). He also raised funds to establish The Columbian College (now [[The George Washington University]]) in Washington, DC.<ref name=gwu>[http://library.gwu.edu/ead/ms0260.xml Guide to the Luther Rice Papers, 1812-1832], Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University</ref>

==Biography==
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Luther Rice was born March 25, 1783 in [[Northborough, Massachusetts]] to Amos Rice and Sarah (Graves) Rice.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.edmund-rice.org/era5gens/p30.htm#i57223 | title= Luther Rice | publisher= Edmund Rice (1638) Association | access-date= 26 November 2009}}</ref> As a young man at [[Williams College]] he became part of a group of young ministers and aspiring missionaries who called themselves "the Brethren." (The group became famous for the "[[Haystack Prayer Meeting]]," although Rice was not present that day.) He sailed to [[Calcutta]], [[India]] in February 1812 with [[Adoniram Judson]] as a [[Congregationalist]] [[Mission (Christian)|missionary]] and met with English Baptist missionary [[William Carey (missionary)|William Carey]]. However, after both Rice and Judson became [[Baptists]]; Rice returned to America to break ties with the Congregationalists and to raise support for Judson's work from the Baptists. Rice worked to unite Baptists in America to support foreign missionaries which resulted in the organization of "The General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in United States of America, for Foreign Missions," (also called "the [[Triennial Convention]]") in 1814. Also in 1814, Rice was awarded an honorary doctorate by then Baptist-dominated [[Brown University]] in partial recognition for his contributions to missionary work undertaken through his Baptist denomination.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/brown/ | title= Brown University Honorary Degrees | publisher= Brown University |access-date=18 Sep 2010}}</ref> He spent the rest of his life garnering support for missionaries and Baptist work, traveling across America by horseback to raise funds and awareness for Baptist missions.

Rice also founded Columbian College in 1821, the original unit of [[The George Washington University]] (GW) in Washington, D.C. He served as the treasurer of Columbian College from 1826 until his death, September 25, 1836 in [[Saluda, South Carolina]] while traveling through the Southern United States raising funds for the missions and seminaries that he founded.<ref name=gwu /> He was interred at Pine Pleasant Cemetery, Saluda County, South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=12973 |title= Luther Rice-Historical Marker Database |access-date= 18 April 2009}}</ref>

Although his life was not without controversy, Rice's contribution to the support of missionary work was invaluable in the early years of the Triennial Convention. During Rice's lifetime, the Triennial Convention's membership grew from 8,000 to 600,000, and the convention supported 25 missions and 112 missionaries. By the time of his death, 15 Baptist universities and colleges had been formed.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tlogical.net/biorice.htm | title= Luther Rice Biography | publisher= Baptist Page |access-date=18 Sep 2010}}</ref> [[Luther Rice College & Seminary]] founded in 1962 and located in [[Lithonia, Georgia]], USA, was named after Luther Rice in recognition of his work in the Baptist missions and seminary education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lru.edu |title=Luther Rice Seminary & University website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509170123/http://www.lru.edu/ |archive-date=2008-05-09 }}</ref>

==Genealogy==
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Luther Rice was a direct descendant of [[Edmund Rice (1638)|Edmund Rice]], an English immigrant to [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], as follows:<ref>Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2007. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.edmund-rice.org/era5gens/p30.htm#i57223 |title=Edmund Rice Six-Generation Database Online: Luther Rice |publisher= Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. |access-date= 15 April 2009}}</ref>

* '''Luther Rice,''' son of
:* Amos Rice (1743 – 1827), son of
::* Jacob Rice (1707 – 1788), son of
:::* Jacob Rice (1660 – 1746), son of
::::* Edward Rice (1622 – 1712), son of
:::::* [[Edmund Rice (1638)|Edmund Rice]] (1594 – 1663)

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://library.furman.edu/specialcollections/baptist_resources/baptist_biographies.htm#r Furman University's Special Collection on Baptists]
*[http://www.baylor.edu/baylorpress/excerpt/105-excerpt.pdf ''Baptist Identity and Christian Higher Education'', monograph by Donald D. Schmeltekopf and Dianna M. Vitanza]
*[http://library.gwu.edu/ead/ms0260.xml Guide to the Luther Rice Papers, 1812-1832, Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University]

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