Background
Reed, Richard Clark was born on January 24, 1851 in Harrison, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Landrum and Elizabeth Jane (McRee) Reed.
Reed, Richard Clark was born on January 24, 1851 in Harrison, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Landrum and Elizabeth Jane (McRee) Reed.
Bachelor of Arts, King College, Tennessee, 1873. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1876. Doctor of Divinity, King College, 1891, Doctor of Laws, 1906.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1876. Pastor Charlotte C.H., Virginia, 1877-1885, Franklin, Tennessee, 1885-1889, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1889-1892, Nashville, Tennessee, 1892-1898. Professor church history and polity, Columbia (South Carolina.) Theological Seminary, since 1898.
Associate editor Presbyterian Quarterly, 1902-1904.
Company-editor, Presbyterian Standard, since 1905. Author: The Gospel as Taught by Calvin, 1896.
History of the Presbyterian Churches of the World, 1905. Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (in Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia).
Religious History of the Southern Negroes.
Moderator General Assembly Presbyterian Church, United States, 1922. Address: Columbia, South Carolina.
Married Mary Cantey Venable, October 17, 1876.