Background
Leslie, Elmer Archibald was born on April 8, 1888 in Tolono, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Mary (Campbell) Leslie.
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Elmer Archibald Leslie
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Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Illinois, 1910. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1913, Doctor of Philosophy, 1916. Doctor of Letters, West Virginia Wesleyan, 1949.
Student United Free Church College, Glasgow, Scotland, 1914-1915, U. Glasgow, 1914-1915, U. Berlin, 1929-1930, studied at Oxford, Leipzig and Halle, summer courses.
Career
Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, Kittery, Maine (student charge), 1910-1913. Ordained to ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1911. Pastor Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, 1913-1914, Medford Hillside, Massachusetts, 1915-1916, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1916-1921.
Organizer and director Wesley Foundation, Harvard, 1917-1921.
Pastor Brookline, Massachusetts, 1921. Professor Hebrew and Old Testament literature Boston University School Theology, 1921-1957, University lecturer, 1952.
Chairman division theological studies Boston University Graduate School, 1945-1955. Dean Lasell Epworth League Institute, Auburndale, Massachusetts, 1924-1928.
Minister American Church in Berlin, Germany, 1929-1930.
Travelled around world, 1939-1940.
Achievements
Membership
Member Society Biblical Literature, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Beta. Clubs: Ministers’, Itinerants, Clerics (Boston).
Connections
Married Helen Noon, June 26, 1913. Children: Jean Taylor, Robert Campbell, Donald William (deceased), James Stewart.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Methodist -
Political Party
Republican