William Henry Branson

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William Henry Branson (1887 to 1961) was a Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator.

He began denominational service as a colporteur in 1906, and as an evangelist in 1908. In 1911 he was conference president in South Carolina and then in Tennessee. By 1915 he was president of the former Southeastern Union Conference. In 1920 Branson was called as a missionary to Africa, where he organized the division and administered it from 1920 to 1930. He then served as vice-president of the General Conference from 1930 to 1946. From 1946 to 1950 he gave leadership to the denomination's work in China during a time of "great perplexity." In 1950 Branson was elected to the highest administrative post in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, president of the General Conference. Among his notable achievements was organizing the 1952 Bible Conference.

The Branson Site of North York General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is named for Branson. Originally the Seventh-Day Adventist Hospital and then North York Branson Hospital, it was amalgamated with the public North York General Hospital during a period of hospital consolidation in Ontario in 1997.

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Pioneering in the Lion Country
The Way to Christ
Missionary Adventures in Africa
The Holy Spirit
In Defense of the Faith
How Men are Saved
Drama of the Ages

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Preceded by James Lamar McElhany	President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 1950 – 1954	Succeeded by Reuben Richard Figuhr