Background
Bosworth, Edward Increase was born on January 10, 1861 in Dundee, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank S. and Sarah (Hunt) Bosworth.
Bosworth, Edward Increase was born on January 10, 1861 in Dundee, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank S. and Sarah (Hunt) Bosworth.
Student Oberlin College, 1879-1881. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1883. Bachelor of Divinity, Oberlin, 1886.
University of Leipzig, 1890-1891, Athens, Greece, winter 1891-1892.
Master of Arts, 1893, Doctor of Divinity, 1901, Oberlin.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1886. Pastor Mount Vernon, O., 1886-1887. Professor of English Bible, 1887-1890, professor New Testament languages and literature, since 1892, dean, and senior dean, 1903-1921, dean, 1921-1923, Oberlin Graduate School of Theology.
Acting president of Oberlin College, 1918-1919.
Lectured in Japan, 1907, in Turkey, 1911. Author: Studies in the Acts and Epistles, 1898.
Studies in the Teaching of Jesus and His Apostles, 1901. Studies in the Life of Jesus Christ, 1904.
New Studies in Acts, 1908.
Christ in Everyday Life, 1910. Thirty Studies about Jesus, 1917. Commentary on Romans, 1919.
What lieutenant Means to Be a Christian, 1922.
Life and Teaching of Jesus According to the First Three Gospels, 1924. Home: Oberlin. O.
Married Bertha McClure, October 1, 1891. Children: Lawrence McClure (deceased), Edward Franklin, Richard Wilder, Sarah Frances.