Max Hunter Harrison

The Reverend

Max Hunter Harrison, ABCFM

Old Testament Exegete
The Reverend; Max Hunter Harrison, ABCFM; Old Testament Exegete
Born	December 24, 1893; Victoria, Illinois (United States)
Died	1986 (aged 93)
Education	B. A. (Knox); B. S. T. (ANTS); M. Th. (ANTS); M. Ed. (Harvard); Ph. D. (Columbia;
Alma mater	Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois (1911-1913); Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, Massachusetts (1913-1917); Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1916-1917); Union Theological Seminary (New York City) (1926-1928);
Years active	1918-1986 (68 years)
Religion	Christianity
Ordained	June 21, 1918, West Newbury
Offices held	Principal, United Theological College, Bengaluru[1] (1937-1954)
Title	The Reverend Doctor

Max Hunter Harrison (December 24, 1893[2] – 1986[1]) was the Principal[3] of the United Theological College (Bangalore), the only autonomous College under the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University).

Studies

Harrison graduated from Knox College majoring in Mathematics and Greek. He then enrolled for a spiritual course at the Andover Newton Theological School, Newton where he earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree.[4] He later studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Divinity School.[5] His dissertation was later published with the title, Hindu Monism and Pluralism as Found in the Upanishads and in the Philosophies Dependent Upon Them.[6]

In 1937, Harrison was appointed as the Principal of the Seminary[3] and served until 1954[7] when J. R. Chandran took over.

K. M. Hiwale, a past Registrar of the College records that Harrison taught at the College during two periods,[1] 1931-1958 and again from 1963-1965.

1932, Hindu Monism and Pluralism as Found in the Upanishads and in the Philosophies Dependent Upon Them[6]
1956, The place of Old Testament studies in Indian theological education[8]
1957, After Ten Years.[7]

K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. Former members of staff, p.1.
General Catalogue of Andover Newton Theological School
The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad, Volume 133, Missionary herald, 1937, p.315.
The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad, Volume 133, Missionary herald, 1937, p.315.
Harvard Alumni Directory, Harvard University, 1948, p.1120
Max Hunter Harrisonm, Hindu Monism and Pluralism as Found in the Upanishads and in the Philosophies Dependent Upon Them, Oxford University Press, 1932.
M. H. Harrison, After Ten Years. Cited in Yorke Allen, A Seminary Survey: A Listing and Review of the Activities of the Theological Schools and Major Seminaries Located in Africa, Asia, and Latin America which are Training Men to Serve as Ordained Ministers and Priests in the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Churches, Harper, 1960, p.
M. H. Harrison, The place of Old Testament studies in Indian theological education, Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 5.1 (Mar. 1956): 1-8.

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