Albert Elijah Dunning
Albert Elijah Dunning | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 5, 1844 Brookfield, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 14, 1923 (aged 79) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Burial place | Walnut Hills Cemetery |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Theologian |
| Spouse |
Harriet W. Beekman (m. 1870) |
Albert Elijah Dunning (January 5, 1844 – November 14, 1923) was an American Congregationalist theologian.
Early life and education
He was born in Brookfield, Connecticut and attended Fort Edward Institute from 1860 to 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. He graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1870 and Beloit College in 1889 with a DD.[1]
Career
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).
Personal life
He married Harriet W. Beekman on December 27, 1870.[1]
Death
He died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on November 14, 1923, and was buried at Walnut Hills Cemetery.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1923-1924 (PDF). Yale University. August 1, 1924. pp. 1018–1019. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2016. 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.