William Lipscomb graduated from Franklin College on July 4, 1848, and began teaching there as professor of languages in the fall of that same year. It was his life-long work. He started the "Gospel Advocate" publication with Tolbot Fanning in 1855 and continued with it until the Civil War caused it to be discontinued. Older brother to David Lipscomb by seventeen months, he was a scholar, writer, preacher, and worked diligently in the preaching of the gospel. He is buried next to his younger brother, David.
William Lipscomb graduated from Franklin College on July 4, 1848, and began teaching there as professor of languages in the fall of that same year. It was his life-long work. He started the "Gospel Advocate" publication with Tolbot Fanning in 1855 and continued with it until the Civil War caused it to be discontinued. Older brother to David Lipscomb by seventeen months, he was a scholar, writer, preacher, and worked diligently in the preaching of the gospel. He is buried next to his younger brother, David.
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