Background
Drury, Augustus Waldo was born on March 2, 1851 in Madison Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Morgan Shortridge and Elizabeth (Lambert) Drury.
Drury, Augustus Waldo was born on March 2, 1851 in Madison Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Morgan Shortridge and Elizabeth (Lambert) Drury.
Bachelor of Arts, Western College, Western, Iowa (now Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa), 1872. Graduate Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Dayton, O., 1877. Studied University of Berlin, summer 1886.
Doctor of Divinity, Western, 1885.
Doctor of Laws, Otterbein, 1914.
Professor Greek and Latin, Western College, 1872-1873. Ordained U.B. ministry, 1877. Pastoral work, most of time, 1873-1880.
Professor church history, 1880-1892, professor systematic theology, since 1892, Bonebrake Theological Seminary Trustee and president of the board U.B. Public House.
Secretary U.B. History Society. President Dayton Board Education, 1895, 96.
Married Sophia Bookwalter, September 6, 1876 (died 1922). Children: Luther Edwards, Mistress Mabel McDonald, Horace Bookwalter, Mistress Agnes Denune, Mistress Ruth McClure.