John Price Durbin

Background

Durbin, John Price was born on October 10, 1800 in Paris, Kentucky, United States. Son of Hozier and Elizabeth (Nunn) Durbin.

Education

Attended Miami University. Graduate Cincinnati College, 1825.

Career

Itinerant preacher in Indiana and Ohio for 7 years. Professor languages Augusta (Kentucky) College, 1825-1831. Chaplain United States Senate, 1831.

Editor Christian Advocate and Journal, 1832-1834.

President Dickinson College, 1834-1845. Pastor in Philadelphia, 1845-1850.

Secretary of missionary society, 1850-1872. Author: Observations in Europe, 1844.

Observations in the East, 1845.

Achievements

• John Price Durbin has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, college president by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Frances B. Cook, September 6, 1827. Married second, Mission Cook.

Father:

Hozier Durbin

Mother:

Elizabeth (Nunn) Durbin

Spouse:

Frances B. Cook

Spouse:

Mission Cook.