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Portraits of Some Baptist Leaders. Mercer University Atlanta, Monroe F. Swilley, Jr. Library. Atlanta, GA, 2003
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| Title: | George Ripley Bliss. {a lithograph} |
| Creator(s) or Contributor(s): | Monroe F. Swilley, Jr. Library. |
| Perry, Beth. | |
| Strickland, Michael. | |
| Description: | Lithograph of George Ripley Bliss. 1881. George Ripley Bliss was born in Sherburne, New York, on June 20, 1816. In 1838 he graduated from Madison University; two years later he graduated from Hamilton Theological Seminary. Bliss pastored the Baptist church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1849 he became the Greek professor at the University at Lewisburg. During this time he received the degree of D.D. from Madison University. In 1874 he became the chair of Biblical Exegesis at Crozer Theological Seminary. Four years later, he received the degree of LL.D. from the University at Lewisburg. Died 1893. JPG file (335 KB) |
| Source: | Digitized from a portrait on page 106 of: The Baptist Encyclopaedia A Dictionary of the Doctrines, Ordinances, Usages, Confessions of Faith, Sufferings, Labors, and Successes, and of the General History of the Baptist Denomination in all Lands. With Numerous Biographical Sketches of Distinguished American and Foreign Baptists, and a Supplement. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881. {information about the original source for the digitized image} |
| Language: | English. |
| Subject: | Baptists--Biography. |
| Bliss, George Ripley, 1816-1893. | |
| Image Information: | Digital image: JPEG format, 600dpi.k 32 bit color. |