Adoniram Judson Rowland

Background

Rowland, Adoniram Judson was born on February 9, 1840 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Norton and Susanna (Suplee) Rowland.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Bucknell University, 1862, Master of Arts, 1865. Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1866. (Doctor of Divinity, Bucknell, 1880, Doctor of Laws, 1904).

Career

Father of Arthur John R. ordained Baptist ministry, 1862. Chaplain United States of America, 1862-1863. Pastor Mount Auburn Church, Cincinnati, 1866-1868.

President Mount Auburn Institute, Cincinnati, 1868-1870.

Pastor First Church, Pittsburgh, 1870-1872, Tenth Church, Philadelphia, 1872-1884, Franklin Square Church, Baltimore, 1884-1895. General secretary American Baptist Publication Society, February 1, since 1895.

Secretary corporation Bucknell University, since 1882. Editor Our Young People from 1880, Senior Quarterly, 1883-1895.

Author: A Handbook on the Pentateuch, 1895.

Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Achievements

• Adoniram Judson Rowland has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Harriet East. Frick, May 31, 1865. Married second, Kate South. Hershey, October 29, 1878.