Background
Rice, Edwin Wilbur was born on July 24, 1831 in Kingsboro, (now Gloversville), New York, United States. Son of Ebenezer and Eliza Ann (Portuguese) Rice.
Rice, Edwin Wilbur was born on July 24, 1831 in Kingsboro, (now Gloversville), New York, United States. Son of Ebenezer and Eliza Ann (Portuguese) Rice.
Bachelor of Arts, Union College, 1854, Master of Arts, 1857. Law student, 1854-1855. Union Theological Seminary, 1855-1857.
Doctor of Divinity, Union, 1884.
Doctor of Letters, 1914.
Teacher, Brooklyn, 1857-1858. Ordained Congressional ministry, 1860. South.S. missionary, Louisiana Crosse, Wisconsin, 1859-1860, Saint Louis, 1861, Louisiana Crosse, 1861-1864.
Superintendent at Milwaukee, 1864-1870, assistant secretary and assistant editor at Philadelphia, 1871-1878, editor periodicals, 1878-1879, editor periodicals and publications, 1879-1915, honorary editor, since 1915, American South.S. Union.
Member Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis. Member American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, American Bible Society, and of Graduate Council Union College. Member American Academy Political and Social Science.
Married Margaret Eliza Williams, January 1861 (died 1864). Married second, Mary Gardner, 1868 (died 1926). Children: 1 son, Edwin Wilbur.