Photograph of John H. Vincent in his study in Topeka, Kansas, 1893–1900
Rev. Vincent was elected Bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church by the General Conference of 1888. As bishop, Vincent lived in Buffalo, New York (1888–1893), Topeka, Kansas (1893-1900), and Zurich, Switzerland (1900-1904). This image of the Bishop in his Topeka study shows a man who loved books, the arts, and the sciences. He held that “all knowledge, both religious and secular, is sacred.”