Background
Edwards, Granville Dennis was born on December 2, 1868 in Hamilton, Missouri, United States. Son of Solomon and Zerilda Ann (Hale) Edwards.
Edwards, Granville Dennis was born on December 2, 1868 in Hamilton, Missouri, United States. Son of Solomon and Zerilda Ann (Hale) Edwards.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Missouri, 1897 (Phi Beta Kappa). Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1898, Master of Arts, 1899, also registered in Harvard Division School, 1898-1900. Studied university of Berlin and Marburg, Germany, 1910-1911.
Study and research in Palestine and Egypt, 1922-1923.
Doctor of Divinity, Indiana School Religion, 1929.
1 son, Corwine Doctorate.; married second, Mistress Helen Gromer, September 8, 1936. Oradined to ministry Disciples of Christ. 1893; pastor Salisbury and Mount Carmel, Missouri, 1894-1897, Prairie View, 1895-1897, Cowgill, January-October, 1897, Nevada, Missouri, 1900-1905.
First Christian Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1905-1907.
Field representative Bible College Missouri, 1907-1910. Professor Old Testament literature and interpretation, 1910-1936, acting dean, 1912-1914.
Dean, 1914-1934. Same college. Leave of absence, 1936-1939 to engage in writing and reseach.
Retired 1939. Vice president Arizona Council Churches, 1942-1944.
President religious conference Arizona State Teachers College 1943, retired 1944. Chairman agitation committee, Anti-Saloon League, Hawaiian Islands, 1906-1907. President Ministerial Union, Honolulu, 1907.
Ree. secretary Board Education Disciples of Christ, 1915-1935.
Member Commision on Surveys of International Convention Disciples of Christ, 1926-1932.
Member Commision on Surveys of International Convention Disciples of Christ, 1926-1932. Member Campbell Institute, American Oriental Society, Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis.
Married Ida May Moore, November 7, 1900 (died 1930). Married second, Mistress.