Background
Harris, Arthur Emerson was born on May 3, 1870 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Edward and Sarah Maria (Gatland) Harris.
Harris, Arthur Emerson was born on May 3, 1870 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Edward and Sarah Maria (Gatland) Harris.
Preparatory education under tutors. Graduate Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1898. Doctor of Divinity, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1917.
Telegrapher, 1888-1892. In banking business, 1892-1895. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1898.
Pastor successively at Newark, New Jersey, Meriden, Connecticut, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until 1926. Associate pastor with Russell H. Conwell, at Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, 7 years. Registrar and professor psychology, secretary of faculty and director extension division, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1925-1938, professor Biblical introduction and homileties, 1938-1951, professor emeritus since 1951, secretary faculty, 1925-1947.
Pastor Overbrook Baptist Church, 1942-1949, pastor emeritus since 1950.
Club: Union League (Philadelphia).
Married Anna Loomis Meredith, October 29, 1902 (died December 5, 1936). Married second, Ruth Naomi Chase, December 16, 1939.