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William Heth Whitsitt (November 25, 1841–January 20, 1911) was the third President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Whitsitt was born in Nashville, Tennessee to Reuben Ewing Whitsitt and Dicey Ann McFarland Whitsitt.

Whitsitt was educated at Mill Creek Academy in Davidson County, the Mt.Juliet Academy in Wilson County, Tennessee, and Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. During the American Civil War, he served as a chaplain on the Confederate side and as a scout for General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Whitsitt was captured and imprisoned twice by Union forces.

Following the war, Whitsitt studied at the Leipzig University and the University of Berlin, where he was exposed to German critical historical methods. In England, he researched early Baptist history. Whitsitt was named President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary