George Nye Boardman

Background

Boardman, George Nye was born on December 23, 1825 in Pittsford, Vermont, United States. Son of Deacon Samuel Ward and Ann (Gilbert) Boardman.

Education

Brother of Samuel Ward B. Bachelor of Arts, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1847, Master of Arts, 1850. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1852.

(Doctor of Divinity, University of Vermont, 1867. Doctor of Laws, Lafayette College, 1889.

Doctor of Letters, Middlebury College, 1910).

Career

Ordained Congleton ministry, 1854. Professor rhetoric, English literature and psychology, Middlebury College, 1853-1859. Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Binghamton, New York, 1859-1871.

Professor systematic theological, 1871-1893, emeritus professor, since 1893, Chicago Theological Seminary President Monticello Female Seminary, Godfrey, Illinois, 1887-1893.

Corporate member American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 40 years, resigned, 1909. Author: Lectures on Natural Theology, 1874.

The Will and Virtue. Congregationalism, A History of New England Theology, 1899.

Etc. Home: New York, New New York

Achievements

• George Nye Boardman has been listed as a noteworthy theologian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 40 years

Connections

Married Anne Ambrose Walker, August 15, 1854.

Father:

Deacon Samuel Ward Boardman

Mother:

Ann (Gilbert) Boardman

Spouse:

Anne Ambrose Walker