Introduction

Biography

Frank was the son of Jo­seph Gun­sau­lus and Ma­ry Haw­ley, and hus­band of Geor­gia­na Long.

He was edu­cat­ed at Ohio Wes­ley­an Un­i­ve­rs­ity, De­la­ware, Ohio. Af­ter gra­du­at­ing in 1875, he was or­dained a Me­tho­dist min­is­ter, and was a cir­cuit ri­der for se­ver­al years.

In 1879, he en­tered the Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­try and be­came pas­tor of the East­wood Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, Co­lum­bus, Ohio, ser­ving there un­til 1881. He went on serve pas­to­rates in New­ton­ville, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1881–85) and at the Brown Me­mo­ri­al Church, Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land (1885–87).

In 1887, Gun­sau­lus was called to the Ply­mouth Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. While in Chi­ca­go, he was a driv­ing force in the es­tab­lish­ment the Ar­mour In­sti­tute of Tech­no­lo­gy in 1893 (now the Il­li­nois In­sti­tute of Tech­no­lo­gy), and was its first pre­si­dent.

Works

• Phidias, and Other Poems, 1891
• The Man of Galilee: A Biographical Study of the Life of Jesus Christ, 1899
• Paths to the Ci­ty of God, 1906
• The Trans­fi­gu­ra­tion of Christ, cir­ca 1907
• The Minister and the Spiritual Life, cir­ca 1911