Alfred Wilhelm Martin

Background

Martin, Alfred Wilhelm was born on January 21, 1862 in Cologne, Germany. Son of Charles and Bertha (Herx) Martin.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, 1882. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Harvard, 1885, Master of Arts, 1886.

Career

Ordained Unitarian ministry, 1888. Pastor Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1888-1892. Founder and pastor of an independent church, Tacoma, Washington, 1892-1907, also at Seattle, Washington, 1899-1907.

Associate leader Ethical Culture Society, October since 1907.

University extension lecturer, Columbia University. Lecturer Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences, lecturer League for Political Education, New New York Author: The Dawn of Christianity, 1914.

Faith in a Future Life, 1916. A Critique of Christian Science, 1922.

Psychic Tendencies of To-day, 1918.

A Philosophy of Life and Its Spiritual Values, 1923. Comparative Religion and the Religion of the Future, 1925.

Achievements

• Alfred Wilhelm Martin has been listed as a notable lecturer, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Lillie Frothingham, July 3, 1892.

Father:

Charles Martin

Mother:

Bertha (Herx) Martin

Spouse:

Lillie Frothingham