Background
Gould, Edwin Miner Lawrence was born on May 4, 1886 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Edwin and Elizabeth (Whittemore) Gould.
Gould, Edwin Miner Lawrence was born on May 4, 1886 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Edwin and Elizabeth (Whittemore) Gould.
B A., McGill University, 1907. The New Church Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1908-1910. Graduate studies New York School of Social Work and Fordham University, 1931-1933.
Came to United States, 1907, naturalized citizen, 1918. Instructor classics, Urbana (Ohio) University, 1907-1908. Ordained ministry Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), 1910.
Assistant and associate pastor, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1910-1922.
Pastor, Brooklyn, New York, 1922-1932. Secretary Council of Ministers of General Convention of New Jerusalem 1916-1920.
Editor New Church Messenger, 1920-1932. Director New Church Press, Swedenborg Publishing Association, 1922-1936, School of Human Relations (New York), 1933-1934.
Chief Yeoman United States Naval Reserve Force, 1917-1918.
First lieutenant chaplain United States Army, 1918-1919. Chaplain 1st Coast Defense Command Massachusetts National Guard, 1920-1922.
Member of Phi Kappa Pi. Club: Leewood Golf.
Married Caroline Louise Wunsch, June 14, 1910 (divorced 1932). Married second, Harriet Hebbard, July 14, 1932. Children: Nancy Lawrence (Mistress Robert Wood), Carol (Mistress Robert Gilmartin).