Albert Elijah Dunning (January 5, 1844 – November 14, 1923) was an American Congregationalist theologian.
Albert Elijah Dunning | |
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| Born | January 5, 1844 Brookfield, Connecticut |
| Died | November 14, 1923 (aged 79) Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Burial place | Walnut Hills Cemetery |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Theologian |
| Spouse |
Harriet W. Beekman (m. 1870) |
Biography
editHe was born in Brookfield, Connecticut and attended the Fort Edward Institute (1860–1861). He graduated from Bryant & Stratton College (1862) and Yale University (1867), where he was Phi Beta Kappa and a member of Skull and Bones. Additionally, he graduated from Andover Theological Seminary (1870), and Beloit College (1889) with a DD.[1] He was pastor of the Highland Congregational Church in Roxbury, Boston (1870–1881). He was editor of The Congregationalist (1889–1911) and Pilgrim Teacher (1873–1877). He was author of Bible Studies (1886); Congregationalists in America (1894); and The Making of the Bible (1911).
He married Harriet W. Beekman on December 27, 1870.[1]
He died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts on November 14, 1923, and was buried at Walnut Hills Cemetery.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1923-1924 (PDF). Yale University. August 1, 1924. pp. 1018–1019. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "Rev Dr A. E. Dunning Dies in Brookline". The Boston Globe. November 15, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Albert Elijah Dunning." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale Biography In Context. Web. March 30, 2011.