page_title: William A. Spicer
section_title: 1887–1903
hierarchical_section_title: William A. Spicer / 1887–1903
caption_attribution_description: English: The Mission Family in Calcutta, India, 1898. Front Row, Seated: Mrs. O. G. Place; Miss Samantha Whiteis; May Taylor (Mrs. Quantock); in Front of Her, Dorothy Spicer (Mrs Andrews); Ethel Robinson (Mrs. Chilson); Mrs. D. A. Robinson; in Her Lap, Mary Robinson, Her Adopted Child; Mrs. W. A. Spicer; in Front of Her. Will H. Spicer ( Now M. D.); Mrs. Ellory Robinson and Her Two Children at Her Left; Second Row. Standing, Ellory Robinson; Kheroda, Native Helper; O. G. Place, M. D.; Maggie Green (Mrs. Richardson); Georgia Burrus (Mrs .Burgess); G. P. Edwards. Mrs. C. P. Edwards; Back Row, Standing, a Servant, Unidentified; D. A. Robinson; Mono Mitter; Kreepananda Biswas; W. A. Spicer, Nyan Mitter
context_page_description: William Ambrose Spicer was a Seventh-day Adventist minister and president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
  He was born December 19, 1865 in Freeborn, Minnesota in the United States in a Seventh-day Baptist home. Spicer worked for the church in the United States, England and India, where Spicer College is named after him. He served as Secretary of the General Conference during the presidency of A. G. Daniells and Daniells served as the Secretary during Spicer's years as president. The two men led the Adventist Church for the first 30 years of the 20th century.
context_section_description: Spicer's responsibilities with the church during this time included assisting Stephen Haskell as his secretary. This led 22-year-old Spicer to England. There he gained experience as an editor of The Present Truth and in assisting with evangelistic campaigns. In 1892, he returned to the United States and served as Secretary of the recently established (1889) Foreign Missions Board. This began decades of Spicer's leadership in the SDA Church's mission development.
  In 1898, Spicer worked in India as editor of the Oriental Watchman.
caption: W. A. Spicer: 1898 in India. (Second from the right in back row.)
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