Background
Kirn, George John was born on July 15, 1863 in Owosso, Michigan, United States. Son of Jacob Frederick and Fredericka Rosina (Goetz) Kirn.
Kirn, George John was born on July 15, 1863 in Owosso, Michigan, United States. Son of Jacob Frederick and Fredericka Rosina (Goetz) Kirn.
Bachelor of Science, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, 1886, Master of Science, 1890. Master of Arts, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1895, Doctor of Philosophy, 1897. Summers University of Chicago, 1910, 12, 16.
Doctor of Divinity, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois, 1916.
Ordained ministry Evangelical Association, 1888. Pastor various churches, 1886-1898. Presiding elder of Flint (Mich) District, 1898-1902, Saint Joseph District, 1902-1903.
Professor apologetics and Biblical literature, 1903-1910, professor philosophy and psychology, since 1910, dean, since 1912, North Central College.
Member Western Philosophical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Illinois Academy of Science.
Married Sophia C. Alles, 1888. Married second, Rosa Catherine Umbreit, of Naperville, 1911. Children: Mistress Lorilla Regina A. Wellner, Gerald West., Mistress Norma Delta Bosshardt, Mistress Cordelia Catherine Worner.