Alexander Viets Griswold Allen
Alexander Viets Griswold Allen (May 4, 1841 – 1908) was an American author, Episcopal clergyman and theologian.
| Alexander Viets Griswold Allen | |
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| Born | May 4, 1841 Otis  |
| Died | 1908 (aged 66–67) |
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| Occupation | Author, clergyman, theologian |
Biography
Allen was born in Otis, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1841.[1] He graduated from Kenyon College in 1862 and Andover Theological Seminary in 1865.[1] He received the degree D.D. from Kenyon 1878, from Harvard, 1886, and from Yale, 1901.[1]
Career
Allen was a resident licentiate of Andover, Massachusetts, from 1865 to 1867, he also took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church, being ordained a deacon, July 5, 1865, and priest, June 24, 1866.[1] He was rector of St. John's church, Lawrence, Massachusetts, from 1865 to 1867, and professor of ecclesiastical history at the Episcopal theological school at Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1867.[1] He was elected a member of the Massachusetts historical society.[1]
Works
His publications include:[1]
- The Continuity of Christian Thought (Boston, 1884; eleventh edition, 1895)
- The Greek Theology and the Renaissance of the Nineteenth Century (1884, his Bohlen Lectures)
- Jonathan Edwards (1889)
- Memoir of Phillips Brooks (1891)
- Religious Progress (1894)
- Christian Institutions (New York, 1897)
- Life and Letters of Bishop Brooks (two volumes, 1900)
- Literature
- C. Slattery for his Life, (New York, 1911).
References
Citations
- Johnson 1906, p. 79
Sources
- Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Allen, Alexander Viets Griswold". The Biographical Dictionary of America. 1. Boston, Mass.: American Biographical Society. p. 79. Retrieved December 13, 2020 – via en.wikisource.org.
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