Background
Irvine, Alexander Fitzgerald was born on January 19, 1863 in Antrim, Ireland. Son of James and Anna (Gilmore) Irvine.
Irvine, Alexander Fitzgerald was born on January 19, 1863 in Antrim, Ireland. Son of James and Anna (Gilmore) Irvine.
Student University of Oxford, England, 1887-1888, Yale University, 1900-1904.
In British Army in Egypt, 1883-1884. Awarded Queen’s medal and Khedive’s bronze star. Ordained Congleton ministry, 1894.
Pastor successively Omaha (Nebraska), Avoca (Iowa), Cleveland (O.), New Haven (Connecticut) to 1906. Colleague of Doctor Percy Stickney Grant, Church of the Ascension, New York, 1907-1910. Organized first church forums in the United States.
Became an actor, 1913, and appeared in own playlet, “The Rector of St. Jude’s”. Chief morale raiser in British Army in France, 1916-1918. Received personal thanks of King George.
Author: The Master and the Chisel, 1904. From the Bottom Up, 1909. The Magyar, 1910; My Lady of the Chimney Corner, 1913.
God and Tommy Atkins, 1916. A Life of Christ, 1917. Souls of Poor Folk, 1919.
A Yankee with the Soldiers of the King, 1920. The Man From World’s End, 1922. Children of Ishmael, 1927.
A Fighting Parson, 1929. Address: Santa Barbara, Calif.
Author: The Master and the Chisel, 1904. From the Bottom Up, 1909. The Magyar, 1910
My Lady of the Chimney Corner, 1913.
God and Tommy Atkins, 1916. A Life of Christ, 1917. Souls of Poor Folk, 1919.
A Yankee with the Soldiers of the King, 1920. The Man From World’s End, 1922. Children of Ishmael, 1927.
A Fighting Parson, 1929.
Married Maude Hazen, June 2, 1897.