Fosdick biography

  • Fosdick biography

    • Tim Challies.

    Harry Emerson Fosdick

    American pastor

    The Reverend

    Harry Emerson Fosdick

    BornMay 24, 1878

    Buffalo, New York, U.S.[2]

    DiedOctober 5, 1969

    Bronxville, New York, U.S.[2]

    EducationBA, Colgate University, 1900
    studied at Colgate Seminary, 1900–1901
    BD, Union Theological Seminary, 1904
    MA, Columbia University, 1908[1]
    OccupationProtestant Christian minister
    SpouseFlorence Allen Whitney[2]
    ChildrenElinor Fosdick Downs, Dorothy Fosdick[2]
    Parent(s)Frank Sheldon Fosdick, Amy Inez Fosdick[2]
    ChurchBaptist[1]
    OrdainedNovember 18, 1903[2]

    Congregations served

    		First Baptist Church, Montclair, NJ, 1904–15
    First Presbyterian Church ("Old First" of Manhattan), New York City, NY, 1918–25
    Park Avenue Baptist Church/Riverside Church, New York City, NY, 1925–30/1930–46[1]

    Offices held

    		Pastor,[1] associate pastor[3]