Albert Elijah Dunning Explained

Albert Elijah Dunning
Birth Date:5 January 1844
Birth Place:Brookfield, Connecticut
Death Place:Brookline, Massachusetts
Burial Place:Walnut Hills Cemetery
Occupation:Theologian

Albert Elijah Dunning (January 5, 1844 – November 14, 1923) was an American Congregationalist theologian.

Biography

He 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1923-1924 . 2023-03-03 . August 1, 1924 . Yale University . 1018–1019.
  2. News: Rev Dr A. E. Dunning Dies in Brookline . . 2 . 1923-11-15 . 2023-03-03 . Newspapers.com.