Henry Clay Vedder
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Henry Clay Vedder, D.D. (26 February 1853 – 13 October 1935) was an American
Baptist church historian.
, New York
.
He graduated at the University of Rochester
in 1873 and at Rochester Theological Seminary in 1876. He was an editor at the Examiner from 1876 to 1894, after which he became professor of Church history in Crozer Theological Seminary
, Upland, Pennsylvania
.
United States
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Baptist church historian.
Biography
He was born in De RuyterDeRuyter (village), New York
DeRuyter is a village located in the Town of DeRuyter in Madison County, New York, USA. The population was 531 at the 2000 census. The village and town are named after Michiel Adriaenszoon De Ruyter, a famous admiral in the Dutch navy....
, New York
New York
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.
He graduated at the University of Rochester
University of Rochester
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in 1873 and at Rochester Theological Seminary in 1876. He was an editor at the Examiner from 1876 to 1894, after which he became professor of Church history in Crozer Theological Seminary
Crozer Theological Seminary
The Crozer Theological Seminary was a multi-denominational religious institution located in Upland, Pennsylvania. The school succeeded a Normal School established at the site and the building's use as a hospital during the American Civil War...
, Upland, Pennsylvania
Upland, Pennsylvania
Upland is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Upland is governed by an elected seven member borough council. The population was 2,977 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Upland is located at ....
.
Works
- Baptists and Liberty of Conscience (1883)
- Historical Leaflets, Issues 1-9, Crozer theological seminary, Chester, Pa, (1901) http://books.google.com/books?id=co0XAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21&dq=%22Historical+leaflets%22+vedder&hl=en&ei=x3cnTfaSG8H6lwe1uKWxAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- A Short History of the Baptists (1891, revised edition 1897, new edition, 1907)
- The Higher Criticism (1892)
- American Writers of To-Day (1894, new edition, 1910)
- A History of the Baptists of the Middle States (1898)
- Balthasar Hübmaier: the Leader of the Anabaptists (1905)
- Christian Epoch Makers (1908)
- Church History Handbooks (four volumes, 1909)
- Socialism and the Ethics of Jesus (1912)
- The Reformation of Germany (1913)
- The Gospel of Jesus and the Problems of Democracy (1914)
- The Reformation in Germany, Macmillon Company, (1914) http://books.google.com/books?id=JQ4QAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Reformation+in+Germany%22+vedder&hl=en&ei=MngnTZSfFcP6lwfK1-y5AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false