Luther Rice (1783–1836), was a Baptist minister who, after a thwarted mission to India, returned to American 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 used funds raised for missions to establish The Columbian College (now The George Washington University) in Washington, DC.
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