Background
Edwards, Bela Bates was born on July 4, 1802 in Southampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Elisha and Anne (Bates) Edwards.
Edwards, Bela Bates was born on July 4, 1802 in Southampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Elisha and Anne (Bates) Edwards.
Graduate Amherst College, 1824, Andover Theological Seminary, 1830.
Editor, American Quarterly Register, 1827-1843. Founder American Quarterly Observer, 1833, merged with American Biblical Repository, 1835. Professor Hebrew languages and literature Andover Theological Seminary, 1837, appointed professor Biblical literature, 1848.
Ordained to ministry, 1837.
Editor Bibliotheca Sacra, 1844-1852. Trustee Amherst College, Abbott Academy Author: Biography of Self-Taught Men, 1831.
Writings of Professor B.B. Edwards, 2 volumes (edited by Edward A. Park), published posthumously, 1853.
Married Jerusha Williams Billings, November 3, 1831, 3 children.