Background
Dunning, Morton Dexter was born on December 14, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert Elijah and Harriet (Wood) Westbrook Dunning.
Dunning, Morton Dexter was born on December 14, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert Elijah and Harriet (Wood) Westbrook Dunning.
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Amherst, 1896, Master of Arts, 1905. Graduate Hartford Theological Seminary, 1899.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1899. Pastor Forest Grove, Oregon, 1899-1801. Professor of English, Doshisha Academy, Kyoto, Japan, since 1902.
Instructor English, Imperial University, Kyoto, Japan, 1909-1910.
Editor Mission News, 1906-1908. Treasurer Japan Mission, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1910-1915.
Trustee and treasurer Kobe Girls’ College.
Member Japan Peace Society, Asiatic Society of Japan (life), Psi Upsilon.
Married Mary Kingsbury Ward, of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, July 26, 1899.