| LC control no. | no 93037611 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bowen, J. W. E. (John Wesley Edward), 1855-1933 |
| Variant(s) | Bowen, John Wesley Edward, 1855-1933 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1855-12-03 |
| Death date | 1933-07-20 |
| Place of birth | New Orleans (La.) |
| Place of death | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Affiliation | Saint John's Methodist Episcopal Church (Newark, N.J.) Morgan College (Baltimore, Md.) Howard University Gammon Theological Seminary American Historical Association National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Profession or occupation | Religious educators College teachers Theologians Theological seminary teachers |
| Found in | Voice of the Negro (Atlanta, Ga.), Jan. 1905: cover p. 3 (J.W.E. Bowen, J. Max Barber, Editors) LC database, 12/9/93: (hdg.: Bowen, John Wesley Edward, 1855-1933; usage: Bowen, J.W.E.) African American National Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bowen, John Wesley Edward; religious educator, theologian; born 03 December 1855 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; New Orleans University awarded him a master's degree (1886); became pastor of Saint John's Methodist Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey; was the second African American to earn a PhD in the United States (1887); served as professor of church history and systematic theology at Baltimore's Morgan College (1888-1892) and as professor of Hebrew at Howard University in Washington, D.C.(1890-1891); became professor of historical theology at Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia and was awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree (1893); launched the Voice of the Negro (1904); became the president of Gammon Theological Seminary (1906-1910); was an active member of the American Historical Association, the American Negro Academy, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; died 20 July 1933 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States) |
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