Background
Dienst, George Elias was born on March 8, 1858 in Hamilton Company, Indiana, United States. Son of John Henry and Henrietta Wilhelmina (Goetz) Dienst.
Dienst, George Elias was born on March 8, 1858 in Hamilton Company, Indiana, United States. Son of John Henry and Henrietta Wilhelmina (Goetz) Dienst.
Graduate Union Biblical Institute, Naperville, Illinois, 1883. Doctor of Medicine National Medical College, Chicago, 1898. (Doctor of Philosophy).
Ordained in Evangelical Association, 1883. Pastor in Kansas, 1883-1886. Missionary teacher in Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Association, Japan, 1886-1896.
Traveling missionary collector in America, 1896-1898.
Practicing physician, since 1898. Became Episcopalian, 1898, ordained priest Protestant Episcopal Church, 1904.
Rector Saint John's Episcopal Church, Naperville, 1904-1908. Removed to Aurora, Illinois, 1908.
Professor of materia medica, Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, June since 1908, and Hering Medical College, Chicago, 1910-1912.
Married Clara J. Bowman, March 26, 1885.
