Background
Lent, Frederick was born on June 10, 1872 in Freeport, Nova Scoti. Son of Shippy and Euphemia (Moore) Lent.
Lent, Frederick was born on June 10, 1872 in Freeport, Nova Scoti. Son of Shippy and Euphemia (Moore) Lent.
Brought to the United States, 1875. Bachelor of Arts, Brown, 1900, Master of Arts, 1901. Bachelor of Divinity, Newton Theological Institution, 1900.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1906.
Doctor of Divinity Brown, 1922. Doctor of Laws, Colgate, 1922.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1895. Pastor Calvary Church, Salem, Massachusetts, 1896-1898, Oaklawn, Rhode Island, 1898-1901, 1st Church, New Haven, Connecticut, 1903-1918. Instructor Biblical literature, Brown University, 1900-1901.
Yale, 1903-1907, 1909-1910.
President Elmira College, 1918-1935. President International Baptist Seminary, East. Orange, New Jersey, 1935-1941.
Trustee Baptist Ministers’ Home. Society, 1912-1941; trustee American Baptist Home Mission Society, 1912-1935.
Member American Oriental Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Phi. Club: Rotary. Wrote: The Life of Simon Stylites, 1914.
Married Estelle Bolles, 1896.