Background
Niles, Henry Clay was born on March 26, 1920 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States. Son of Jason Adams and Myrtis (Gilliland) Niles.
Niles, Henry Clay was born on March 26, 1920 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States. Son of Jason Adams and Myrtis (Gilliland) Niles.
Bachelor of Arts, Mississippi College, 1941. Bachelor of Divinity, Columbia Seminary, 1944. School of Theology and Ministry, Harvard, 1948, Doctor of Philosophy, 1951.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1944. Pastor Livingston (Alabama) Presbyterian Church, 1944-1947, Montevallo (Alabama) Presbyterian Church, 1951-1952. Assistant professor Bible and religion, director chapel Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 1952-1963, from associate professor to Daniel Shaw Gage professor, 1963-1975.
Chairman Joint department religion Westminster College and William Woods College, 1969-1973.
Study grantee Society for Religion in Higher Education, 1966-1967. Churchill fellowship.
Member Society Biblical Literature.
Married Jean Isabel MacKenzie, June 24, 1950. Children: Henry Clay III, Naomi Lee, John MacKenzie.