Alfred W. Anthony
Alfred W. Anthony (1860–1939) was an American author, Freewill Baptist leader, and religion professor at Bates College in Maine.
Biography
Alfred Williams Anthony was born in Providence, Rhode Island on January 13, 1860 to Lewis Williams Anthony and Britannia Franklin (Waterman) Anthony. He was a descendant of Rhode Island founder, Roger Williams. Anthony graduated from Brown University in 1883 and Cobb Divinity School in 1885, which was then affiliated with Bates College. Anthony also received an A.M. degree from Brown in 1886.[1]
In 1887, he was appointed to a professorship at Cobb Divinity School and went on to publish various books and articles. When the Divinity School merged with the College religion department, he became a religion professor at Bates College serving from 1908 to 1911. Anthony was also active in various Freewill Baptist institutions and served as President of the Board of Trustees of Storer College in West Virginia. He was also Chairman of the Committee on Goodwill between Jews and Christians. He travelled to Africa and Asia as Secretary for the Free Will Baptist Home Missions Council. Anthony also as a Trustee for Bates College, Hillsdale College, and Brown University.[1]
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Cobb Divinity School faculty, ca. 1895 with Anthony in the lower left
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Cobb Divinity School building once funded by Deacon L.W. Anthony (Alfred Anthony's father)[2]
Books and Honors
Anthony published various notable books including "An Introduction to the Life of Jesus" (1896) and "The Method of Jesus" (1899) and "Bates College and Its Background" (1936). He received an honorary D. D. from Bates in 1902, Brown in 1908, and an L.L.D. from Colby in 1914. Anthony died on January 20, 1939.[1]
Family
Anthony married Harriet Wyatt Angell in September 1885, and they had two children: Elizabeth Williams and Alfred Williams Anthony, Jr. Elizabeth also graduated from Bates College in 1908.
References
External links
- Bates College Special Collections information on Anthony
- The Method of Jesus by Alfred Anthony (1899)
