Background
Holtom, Daniel Clarence was born on July 7, 1884 in Jackson, Michigan, United States. Son of John and Florence (Conklin) Holtom.
Holtom, Daniel Clarence was born on July 7, 1884 in Jackson, Michigan, United States. Son of John and Florence (Conklin) Holtom.
Bachelor of Arts, Kalamazoo (Michigan) College, 1907, Doctor of Divinity, 1926. Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1908. Doctor of Philosophy, 1919.
Bachelor of Divinity, Newton Theological Institution, 1910.
Doctor of Divinity, Brown University, 1933.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1910, and sent as educational missionary to Japan. Professor of modern languages, Tokyo, (Japan) Gakuin, 1914-1915. Professor church history, Japanese Baptist Theological Seminary, Tokyo, 1915-1925.
Visiting professor church history, University of Chicago, 1925-1926.
Professor history of religions and church history, Kwanto Gakuin, Yokohama, 1926-1936. Dean theological department, Kanto Gakuin, 1935-1936.
Professor theology department, Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, 1936-1940. Haskell lecturer, University of Chicago, 1940.
Rauschenbusch lecturer, Colgate-Rochester Division School, 1942.
Instructor Japanese language, University of Redlands, 1944. Traveled eastern Asia, 1938, 1940. Trustee, Kwanto Gakuin, Yokohama.
Communion and Water Baptism are symbolic acts of obedience to the teaching of Jesus in the New Testament.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Anthropological Association, Asiatic Society Japan (vice president 1941), Institute Pacific Relations (American council), American-Japan Society.
Married Mary Grace Price, July 21, 1910. Children: Harold Thomas, Gordon Francis (deceased), Gerald Price (deceased), Daniel Clarence (deceased), John Howard.