Background
Rider, Arthur William was born on March 31, 1863 in Carlinville, Illinois, United States. Son of William Harris and Esther Corinth (Dewey) Rider.
Rider, Arthur William was born on March 31, 1863 in Carlinville, Illinois, United States. Son of William Harris and Esther Corinth (Dewey) Rider.
Graduated from the high school, Jacksonville, 1881. Bachelor of Arts, Illinois College, Jacksonville, 1886. Doctor of Divinity, Illinois College and Redlands University, 1915.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1889. Pastor Los Angeles, California, 1889-1890. Pacific Coast representative American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, 1900-1924, field secretary same, 1924-1936, when retired from active service.
Visited the Orient, 1905-1924, Europe, 1910, 25.
Delaware World Missionary Convention, Edinburgh, 1910, Washington, District of Columbia, 1925. Trustee Berkeley (California) Baptist Division School, Spanish-American Baptist Seminary, Los Los Los Angeles
Member Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University (Los Angeles).
Married Ada Tuman Hamill, of Nashville, Tennessee, May 11, 1916.