Background
BURTON, Benjamin was born on March 10, 1855. Son of Reverend Benjamin Burton. Entered army, 1874; LieutenantColonel, 1900.
Served South Africa, 1900-1901 (despatches, medal with five clasps, C.BOBURTON, Reverend Ernest DeWitt, Doctor of Divinity.
Professor of New Testament Interpretation (and Head of N. T. Department), University of Chicago, United States of America, since 1892. B. Granville, Ohio, 4 February 1866.
Son of Reverend Nathan Smith Burton, Doctor of Divinity, aud Sarah J. Fairfield.
Education
Studied at Denison University, Bachelor of Arts 1876 (Granville, Ohio). Rochester Theological Seminary, 1879-1882. University of Leipzig, 1887.
University of Berlin, 1894.
Teacher, public and private schools, 1876-1879.
Career
Instructor in Rochester Theological Seminary, 1882-1883. AssociateProfessor 1883-1886, Professor 1886-1892, of New Testament Interpretation in the Newton Theological Institution. Associate-Editor of the Biblical World, 1892- 1906.
Editor-in-Chief since 1906.
Editor (with others) of the American Journal of Theology since 1897. A managing editor since 1908.
University of Chicago Commissioner for Oriental Educational Investigation, 1908-1909. Resident Advisor; half-pay.
Membership
Club: Quadrangle, Chicago.