Ernest Trice Thompson

Background

Thompson, Ernest Trice was born on July 2, 1894 in Texarkana, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest and Jimmy (Graves) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor, Hampden-Sydney College, 1914. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1915. Bachelor's Degree, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1920.

Doctor of Letters, Washington and Lee University, 1933.

Career

Contributing editor, Presbyterian Standard, 1924-1931; pastor, Manhattan Church, El Paso, 1921-1922; with, Union Theol Seminary, 1922-1964; professor ecclesiastical history and polity, Union Theol Seminary, 1925-1964; visiting professor, St. Andrews College, 1964-1965; visiting professor, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1965-1966; associate editor, Presbyterian of the South, 1931-1937; editor, Presbyterian of the South, 1937-1944; co-editor, Presbyterian Outlook, from 1944. Moderator Synod of Virginia, 1931, 40. Moderator General Assembly Presbyterian Church United States, 1959-1960.

1st president Virginia Council Churches. Delivered Stone Lectures at Princeton Theol Seminary, 1943.

Achievements

• Ernest Trice Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy church historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Through the Ages: A History of the Christian Church

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Membership

Trustee Hempden Sydney College Served to corporal Ambulance Company 313, United States Army, 1917-1918, First lieutenant and chaplain 42d Artillery, C.A.C., 1918, overseas, 1918, at Base Hospital 101, 1918-1919. Member American Society Church History, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Sigma, Omicron DeltaKappa. M C.

Connections

Married Helen Marr Beall, October 12, 1921. Children: Helen (Mistress Carl L. Shires), Ernest Trice.

Father:

Ernest Thompson

Mother:

Jimmy (Graves) Thompson

Spouse:

Helen Marr Beall

child:

Ernest Trice Thompson

child:

Helen Thompson (Mistress Carl L. Shires)