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Lincoln, C. Eric (Charles Eric), 1924-2000

LC control no.n 50051486
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LC classificationPS3562.I472
Personal name headingLincoln, C. Eric (Charles Eric), 1924-2000
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Variant(s)Lincoln, Charles Eric, 1924-2000
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1924-06-23
Death date2000-05-14
Place of birthAthens (Ala.)
Place of deathDurham (N.C.)
AffiliationBoston University
Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Duke University
LeMoyne College Fisk University Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Profession or occupationCollege teachers Novelists Scholars
Found inThe Black Muslims in America, 1961.
Biog resource center (Scribner encyc. of Amer. lives), June 30, 2008 (Lincoln, C(harles) Eric; b. June 23, 1924, Athens, Ala.; d. May 14, 2000, Durham, N.C.; Ph. D., Boston University, 1960; Duke University, professor of religion and culture, 1976-1993; ordained Methodist minister)
NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (Howard Univ.) for His Interview, 1968 Sept. 26 (Lincoln, C. Eric; prof. of sociology, Union Theological Seminary, New York; author)
African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Lincoln, C. Eric; Charles Eric Lincoln; educator, religious studies scholar, sociologist, fiction writer; born 23 July 1924 in Athens, Alabama, United States; graduated from Trinity School (1941); bachelor's degree in sociology from LeMoyne College (later the United Church of Christ) in Tennessee (1947); master's degree from Nashville's Fisk University (1954); pastored the John Calvin Presbyterian Church (1953-1954) and taught at Fisk; appointed to teach religion and philosophy at Clark University in Atlanta (1954); earned Master's in Education and a PhD in Theology from Boston University; dedicated professor at Clark from 1954; published a novel which won the 1988 Lillian Smith Book Award for Best Southern Fiction; taught at Duke University (1976-1993); died 14 May 2000 in Durham, North Carolina, United States)