Albert Elijah Dunning

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

Albert Elijah Dunning
Born(1844-01-05)January 5, 1844
Brookfield, Connecticut
DiedNovember 14, 1923(1923-11-14) (aged 79)
Brookline, Massachusetts
Burial placeWalnut Hills Cemetery
Education
OccupationTheologian
Spouse
Harriet W. Beekman
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(m. 1870)​

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]

References
  1. Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1923-1924 (PDF). Yale University. August 1, 1924. pp. 1018–1019. 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.
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