John B. L. Soule

John Babsone Lane Soule (1815–1891) was an American publisher, minister, poet and professor.[1]

Originally from Maine, he went to Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and graduated in 1840 from Bowdoin College in Maine. [1]

Soule is credited with using the phrase "Go West, young man, go West" in an 1851 Terre Haute Express editorial, 14 years before a similar phrase was famously used by Horace Greeley in reference to western expansion in North America. The phrase is often attributed to Greeley.[2] Greeley even reportedly tried to give Soule credit, but some journalists insisted Greeley had expressed those sentiments even earlier and Greeley had been the one to popularize the expression.[3] A research project from the History Department at Indiana University in 2004 concluded the Soule attribution on came out in 1890 and was based on a satirical account.[4]

Soule taught at Vigo Collegiate Institute[5] and Blackburn University in Illinois.[1] Soule published a paper in Charleston, Illinois before returning to Terre Haute and buying the Terre Haute Exress from David S. Donaldson.[5]

His son moved to Las Vegas and then New Mexico. His father communicated his support of his western journey.[6]

He received honorary degrees of Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Divinity from various schools.[1] Baird died May 28, 1887.

References
  1. The Poets of Maine 183 George Bancroft Griffith (ed.), Portland, Maine: Elwell, Pickard & Co., 1888
  2. Greeley only wished he had said it February 13, 1994 New York Times
  3. Hendrickson, Robert (1 July 2013). "God Bless America: The Origins of Over 1,500 Patriotic Words and Phrases". Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. – via Google Books.
  4. Volume 100, Issue 3, September 2004 by Thomas Fuller Indiana Magazine of History, Indiana University History Department
  5. McCormick, Mike (6 February 2018). "Terre Haute: Queen City of the Wabash". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
  6. http://www.universityarchives.com/Find-an-Item/Results-List/Item-Detail.aspx?ItemID=58267
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