Known as the “Prince of the Pulpit,” John Albert Broadus was a prominent figure in the Southern Baptist Community in the late 1800s. A former pastor of the Charlottesville, Virginia, Baptist Church and professor of the University of Virginia, he co-founded the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina (it has since been relocated to Lousiville, Kentucky). Broadus taught at Southern Seminary for over thirty years and served as a chaplain in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. He died on March 16, 1895.
