History of Gardiner, (Kennebec County) Maine United States of America

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Frederic Gardiner, clergyman, was born in Gardiner, Maine, Sept. 11, 1822; son of the Hon. Robert Hallowell and Emma J. (Tudor) Gardiner. He was a student at Hobart college for one year; was graduated at Bowdoin in 1842, attended the General theological seminary, and was ordained in 1845. He was rector at Seco, Maine, 1845-47; assistant rector at St. Luke's, Philadelphia, 1847-48; rector at Bath, Maine, 1848-53; was in Europe, 1854-55, and rector at Lewiston, Maine, 1855-56. He was married in 1846 to Caroline, daughter of Col. William Oliver Vaughan. He was an assistant to Bishop Burgess, at Christ church, Gardiner, Maine, 1856-60; a professor in the Diocesan theological school, Gardiner, 1861; and took a course in chemistry under Charles W. Eliot at Harvard, 1862. He held the chair of literature and interpretation of the scripture, together with that of Christian evidences in Gambler (Ohio) theological seminary, 1865-66, and was professor of natural philosophy in Kenyon college, 1866-67. He was associate rector at Middletown, Conn., 1867-68; and professor of Old Testament literature and evidences, 1868-83, and of New Testament interpretation and literature, and evidence, and also librarian, 1883-89, at Berkeley divinity school. He founded the society of Biblical literature and exegesis in 1880; and was president of the Middletown scientific association, 1869-89. He received the degree of S.T.D. from Kenyon college in 1869 and that of D.D. from Trinity in 1870. His published works include: The Island of Life (1851); Commentary on the Epistle of St. Jude (1856); Harmony of the Gospels in Greek (1871, 7th ed., 1884); Harmony of the Gospels in English (1871); Diatessaron; the Life of our Lord in the Works of the Gospels (1871); Religion and Chemistry, lectures delivered at the Brooklyn institute (1868); The Principles of Textual Criticism (1876); The Old and New Testaments in Their Mutual Relations (1885); and Aids to Scripture Study (1890). He also contributed exegetical works for commentaries. He died in Middletown, Conn., July 17, 1889.

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

History of Gardiner, (Kennebec County) Maine

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