Benjamin Alfred Dumm, American clergyman. Member New Hampshire (U.S.) Academy of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Member of Academy of Political Science. President Weare Rifle.
Background
Dumm, Benjamin Alfred was born on August 31, 1867 in Salisbury, Maryland, United States. Son of Review William Thomas and Anna (Bates) Dumm, sister of Daniel Webster Bates, Doctor of Divinity, and Laurence Webster Bates, Doctor of Divinity.
Education
Ancestry (both sides) associate with Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution. Bachelor of Arts, Western Maryland. College, Westminster, 1886, Master of Arts, 1889.
Hebrew certificate, American Institute Sacred Literature, student Boston School Expression, and Yale Division School, 1893-1894.
Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1900. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1912.
Career
Principal Fawn Grove Academy, 1886-1888. Ordained Ministry Methodist Protestant Church, 1891. Pastor Methodist Prot.
Churches, 1891-1898.
Assistant pastor 1st Congressional Church, Washington, District of Columbia, 1898-1900. Professor philosophy, George Washington University, 1889-1900. Pastor various churches, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 1901-1936.
Associate secretary World Conference on Faith and Order, 1926-1927 (wrote on the theological aspect, in symposium by writers of several countries).
Moderator Merrimack Association Congressional Christian Churches. Moderator Hopkinton Town School Meeting, 1934, 35.
Achievements
Membership
Member New Hampshire (U.S.) Academy of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of Academy of Political Science. President Weare Rifle.
Clubs: Pilgrim, Boston City, Harvard Philosophical (president).
Connections
Married Nelle Jamison, 1889. Children: Helen Minerva (deceased), Paul Jamison.