Albert Elijah Dunning

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

Early life and education

He was born in Brookfield, Connecticut and attended Fort Edward Institute from 1860 to 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. He graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1870 and Beloit College in 1889 with a DD.

Career

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).

Personal life

He married Harriet W. Beekman on December 27, 1870.

Death

He died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on November 14, 1923, and was buried at Walnut Hills Cemetery.

References

• "Albert Elijah Dunning." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale Biography In Context. Web. March 30, 2011.