11 April 1836 A.D. Birth: Rev. William Porcher Dubose—American Anglican Minister & Theologian, University of the South, Sewannee, TN
11 April 1836 A.D. Birth: Rev. William Porcher Dubose—American Anglican Minister & Theologian, University of the South, Sewannee, TN Mr. (Rev.) William Porcher Dubose was born. He died August 18, 1918. He was an American Anglican priest and theologian. He spent most of his career as a professor at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He is remembered on August 18 on the Episcopal Calendar of Lesser Feasts and Fasts. His middle name, Porcher, is pronounced as if it were spelled por-shay . Dubose descended from Huguenot stock in the midlands of South Carolina and attended Mt. Zion College and then the Citadel where he graduated as ranking cadet in 1855. While at the Citadel, Dubose had a conversion experience that he describes thus: "I lept to my feet trembling, and then that happened that I can only describe by saying that a light shone about me and a Presence filled the room. At the same time, ...