Henry Beach Carre

Background

Carre, Henry Beach was born on June 9, 1871 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of Walter Willie and Elvira Adams (Beach) Carre.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University of Louisiana, 1895. Bachelor of Divinity, Biblical Department, Vanderbilt University, 1898. Studied university of Berlin and Marburg, Germany, 1898-1900.

Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1913.

Career

In merc. business to 1889. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1893. Pastor, Jackson, Louisiana, and professor Centenary College of Louisiana, 1900-1902.

President Centenary College of Louisiana, 1902-1903.

Professor Biblical theology and English exegesis, 1903-1919, professor Old Testament language and literature, since 1920, Vanderbilt University.

Achievements

• Henry Beach Carre has been listed as a noteworthy theologian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member General Council World League Against Alcoholism, since 1919. Superintendent of platform and schools Monteagle South.S. Assembly, 1917-1920. Overseas service with Young Men's Christian Association, in Les Foyers du Soldat, April 1, 1918-April 1, 1919.

Connections

Married Mary O. Vaughan, March 22, 1906.

Father:

Walter Willie Carre

Mother:

Elvira Adams (Beach) Carre

Spouse:

Mary O. Vaughan