Lewis B. Paton
Lewis B. Paton | |
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Born | Lewis Bayles Paton June 27, 1864 New York, New York |
Died | January 24, 1932 Hartford, Connecticut | (aged 67)
Education | |
Occupation(s) | Biblical scholar, academic |
Spouses | Suvia Davison
(m. 1896; died 1904)Loraine Seymour Brown Calhoun
(m. 1915; died 1924)Katherine Hazeltine (m. 1925) |
Lewis Bayles Paton (June 27, 1864 − January 24, 1932) was an American
Hartford Theological Seminary for many years, and a well known authority on Old Testament exegesis
.
Biography
Lewis Bayles Paton was born in
American School of Oriental Study and Research in Palestine. He received a D. D.
from New York University in 1906.
At the Hartford Theological Seminary, Paton taught Old Testament exegesis and criticism. He was a well known authority on archaeology. Paton was the author of several works, including Early History of Syria and Palestine, in the Semitic Series, Jerusalem in Bible Times and Early Religion of Israel.
Paton was married three times. His first wife, Miss Suvia Davison of Hartford, died in 1904, eight years after they were married. In 1915, Paton married Mrs. Loraine Seymour Brown Calhoun of Harford. She died in 1924. In 1925 Paton married Katherine Hazeltine. He died in Hartford, Connecticut on January 24, 1932.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Rev. Dr. L. B. Paton, Theologian, Is Dead". The New York Times. January 25, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Paton, 67, Dies; Forty Years With Hartford Seminary". Hartford Courant. January 25, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved August 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.