Background
Creelman, Harlan was born on November 15, 1864 in Maitland, Nova Scoti. Son of Review William and Nancy (Cox) Creelman.
Creelman, Harlan was born on November 15, 1864 in Maitland, Nova Scoti. Son of Review William and Nancy (Cox) Creelman.
Student of University North.B., Fredericton. Graduate Normal School, Castine, Maine, 1885. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1889, Doctor of Philosophy, 1894.
Honorary Master of Arts, Yale, 1908.
Doctor of Divinity, Temple University, 1916.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1889. Pastor Worthington, Massachusetts, 1889-1893. Instructor Biblical literature, Yale, 1893-1899.
Miner professor Hebrew, cognate languages and Biblical literature, Congressional College (McGill University), Montreal, Canada, 1899-1908.
Professor Hebrew language and literature, Auburn Theological Seminary, 1908-1938, professor emeritus, since 1938. In charge Old Testament work at various times, 1899-1908, at Wesleyan and Presbyterian (Theological) colleges, Montreal, and Semitic work at McGill.
Member revision committee of The 1911 Bible.
Member revision committee of The 1911 Bible.
Married Josephine Thorp Rice, June 15, 1892 (died September 17, 1940). Married second, Helen Walbridge Creelman, August 30, 1941.