Albert Elijah Dunning

Albert Elijah Dunning
Born(1844-01-05)January 5, 1844
DiedNovember 14, 1923(1923-11-14) (aged 79)
Burial placeWalnut Hills Cemetery
Education
OccupationTheologian
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Rev Dr A. E. Dunning Dies in Brookline". The Boston Globe. November 15, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.