Background
Marlatt, Earl Bowman was born on May 24, 1892 in Columbus, Indiana, United States. Son of Review Abram Newton and Anna Maria (Collins) Marlatt.
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Marlatt, Earl Bowman was born on May 24, 1892 in Columbus, Indiana, United States. Son of Review Abram Newton and Anna Maria (Collins) Marlatt.
He graduated from DePauw University. He served in World War I and graduated from Boston University School of Theology.
In 1923, he began teaching in the From 1945 to 1957, he taught at Southern Methodist University"s Perkins School of Theology. He wrote many hymns, one of the best known being Are Ye Able. He also collected church hymns, with the intent to establish a museum.
His work appeared in Poetry Magazine, Many of his papers are held at DePauw University.
A signed manuscript of his hymn Are Ye Able actually written February 23, 1926, is included in the Bridwell Library Manuscript and Documents Collection.
He died at his home in Winchester, Indiana on June 13, 1976.
Served as Second lieutenant, Field Artillery, Army of the United States, 1919. Winner of Golden Flower May Day Poetry Tournament, Boston, 1925. Fellow International 1st.
Arts and Letters (life).
Member American Philosophical Association, Medieval Academy American, Academy American Poets, Calvert Round Table Association, New England Poetry Association, Boston Browning Society (president 1917-1930, 42-46), Boston. Member New England Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church.
Mason, Elk. Clubs: Harvard Faculty, Bostonian Society, Eire Society.