History of Bethany, (New Haven County) Connecticut United States of America

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Joseph Morison Clarke Biography

Joseph Morison Clarke, educator, was born in Bethany, Conn., Oct. 5, 1827; son of the Rev. Joseph T. and Sarah (Morison) Clarke. He was graduated at Hobart college, A. B., 1847; A.M., 1850; was tutor at Hobart, 1847-52; and John H. Swift fellow, 1851-52. He was ordained a deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church in 1852, a priest in 1853, and was rector at Niagara Falls and at Syracuse, N.Y., 1852-86. He was professor of exegesis, Biblical literature and Hebrew in the Nashotah theological seminary, 1886-91; and was chaplain to the bishop of Central New York and professor of Church history and exegesis in St. Andrew's divinity school, Syracuse, N.Y., from 1891. He served as president of the standing committees of Central New York and Milwaukee and as a director of the Onondaga historical association. He received the degree of S.T.D. from Hobart in 1865. He is the author of Christian Union and the Protestant Episcopal Church; Was John Wesley a Methodist? pamphlets, and numerous reviews and other contributions to the Church Eclectic, the Church Review and other periodicals. He died in Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1899.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor