Background
Archer, John Clark was born on December 23, 1881 in Wilna, Maryland, United States. Son of John and Virginia Augusta (Clark) Archer.
Archer, John Clark was born on December 23, 1881 in Wilna, Maryland, United States. Son of John and Virginia Augusta (Clark) Archer.
Bachelor of Arts, Hiram (O.) College, 1905. Bachelor of Divinity, Master of Arts, Yale, 1914, Doctor of Philosophy, 1922, graduate study, Harvard, 1914-1915.
Ordained Disciples of Christ Church, 1905. Pastor Newton Falls, O., 1905-1907. Educational missionary, Jabalpur, India, 1907-1911.
President Young Men's Christian Association, 1910.
Manager Christian Mission Press, 1909-1911. Pastor Avon, Connecticut, 1912-1914.
Assistant minister South Church, Brockton, Massachusetts, 1914-1915. Lecturer Yale. 1915-1916, assistant professor, missions, 1916-1924, associate professor, 1924-1927, professor missions and comparative religion, 1927-1932, Hoober professor comparative religion, 1932-1950, professor emeritus, since 1950.
Lecturer Hartford (Connecticut) Seminary Foundation, 1919-1922, 1933, 1935-1936, Chautauqua Summer Schools, 1920-1922, Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, 1926, Khalsa College, Amritsar, India, 1937, 46, Brooklyn Institute, 1944.
Librarian Day Missions Library, 1925-1932. Curator collector in comparative religion Yale, 1932-1935. Secretary Yale Division School, 1920-1950.
Served as educational secretary Young Men's Christian Association with British-Indian Army, Iraq, 1917-1918. Treasurer and chairman publication committee American Oriental Society, 1923-1936. Indiana; Clubs: Graduates (member of the Board of Governors 1941-1944), Oriental, Faculty, High Lane.
Married Cathaline Brewster Alford, February 26, 1906. Children: Alford, Virginia Clark (Mistress T. R. Blakeslee II).