Background
Harper, Edward Thomson was born on September 28, 1857 in Sabula, Iowa, United States. Son of Review Almer and Eunice (Thomson) Harper.
Harper, Edward Thomson was born on September 28, 1857 in Sabula, Iowa, United States. Son of Review Almer and Eunice (Thomson) Harper.
Brother of Robert Almer H. Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1881. Bachelor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1887.
Doctor of Philosophy., Leipzig, 1891. (Doctor of Divinity, Iowa College, 1902, Oberlin, 1908).
Principal Port Byron Academy, 1882-1884, and 1887-1891. Professor Assyriology and comparative religion, 1892-1906, O.T. literature and biblical theology, 1906-1911, Chicago Theological Seminary.
Married Susan Amy Hosford, June 4, 1895.