Background
He was born Montclair, New Jersey to Amory Howe Bradford and Julia Maria (Stevens) Bradford.
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Arthur Bradford
Edit Profilewriter Congregational minister
Education
He graduated from Yale University in 1905, and Union Theological Seminary, after which he was ordained in 1909.
Career
He received Doctor of Divinity degrees from Brown University and Middlebury College. He also received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale and an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree from Bryant College in 1951. During his ministry, he ended the practice of pew renting at the church.
In 1965, the church dedicated a new Aeolian-Skinner organ "in honor and appreciation of the ministry of Arthur Howe Bradford Doctor of Divinity"
He was also the first president of the Rhode Island Council of Churches, and a trustee at Yale University and other institutions.
He was a direct descendent of William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony.
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August 29, 1973 (aged 89)