John D. Davis

Background

Davis, John D. was born on March 5, 1854 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert and Anne Williams (Shaw) Davis.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1879, A.M., 1882. Doctor of Philosophy, 1886. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1883.

University of Bonn, 1879-1880, Leipzig, 1884-1886. Doctor of Divinity, Princeton, 1898. Doctor of Laws, Washington and Jefferson, 1902.

Career

Instructor Hebrew, 1883-1884, 1886-1888, professor Hebrew and cognate langs., 1888-1892, Semitic philology and O.T. history, 1892-1900, Oriental and O.T. literature, since 1900, Princeton Theological Seminary Author: Genesis and Semitic Tradition, 1894. A Dictionary of the Bible. 1898, 4th edit., 1924.

Writer of critical notes in Westminster Teacher, July 1899-December 1907.

Connections

Married Marguerite Scobie, June 13, 1889. Children: Jean Scobie, Nathaniel Penistone, Anne Wallis, Marguerite, Philip Haldane, Lois Elizabeth.

Father:

Robert Davis

Mother:

Anne Williams (Shaw) Davis

Spouse:

Marguerite Scobie

child:

Jean Scobie Davis

child:

Marguerite Davis

child:

Nathaniel Penistone Davis

child:

Lois Elizabeth Davis

child:

Philip Haldane Davis

child:

Anne Wallis Davis