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
(m. 1870)

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ a b c 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.