Warren Hugh Wilson

Warren Hugh Wilson (May 1, 1867 – March 1, 1937) was an American pioneering contributor to early rural sociology and the Country Life Movement; and a leader within the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church. He is one of the first sociologists to study rural life and the church. In 1942, the Dorland-Bell School for Girls and the Asheville Farm School for Boys merged and was renamed to Warren Wilson College to honor Warren Hugh Wilson's contributions to rural America. Specifically, he urged the community to adapt and update their historical Appalachian ways to changing conditions in the region, which included training and education for rural people.

His published works include twelve books and pamphlets, thirteen periodical articles, seven parts of a series, six addresses, and seventeen surveys,. Throughout his career as a pastor and sociologist, he created a model for all Christian denominations with parishes in the countryside.