Background
Zimmerman, Jeremiah was born on April 26, 1848 in Snydersburg, Maryland, United States. Son of Henry and Leah Zimmerman.
Zimmerman, Jeremiah was born on April 26, 1848 in Snydersburg, Maryland, United States. Son of Henry and Leah Zimmerman.
Bachelor of Arts, Gettysburg College, 1873, Master of Arts, 1876, Doctor of Divinity, 1896, Doctor of Laws, 1902. Graduate Gettysburg Theological Seminary, 1876. Doctor of Divinity, Wittenberg College, Susquehanna U.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Susquehanna, 1908.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1876. Pastor Valatie, New York, 1876-1878, Syracuse, 1879-1904. Resigned to travel and devote attention to educational and literature work.
Delaware General Synod, Lutheran Church, several times.
President Federation of Churches and Christian Workers of State of New York Spent 10 years in foreign travel, including trip of 28 months around the world, when lectured in many leading cities of the Orient. Lectured before seminaries, colleges, on questions of Far East and on historical and archæol. subjects, especially on history coins of ancients, on which was authority.
Fellow Royal Geography Society Honorary 33°. Member National Quadricentennial Committee.
Married M. Adele Springstein, January 1877. Married second, Sophia Elizabeth Amos, January 21, 1890.