Background
He was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England and came to the United States in 1902.
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Roland Bainton
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Education
He received an Bachelor of Arts degree from Whitman College, and Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy
Career
Degrees from Yale University. He also received a number of honorary degrees including a Doctor of Divinity from Meadville Theological Seminary and from Oberlin College, Doctor Theologiae from the University of Marburg, Germany, and Doctor of Letters from Gettysburg College. A specialist in Reformation history, Bainton was for forty-two years Titus Street Professor of ecclesiastical history at Yale, and he continued his writing well into his twenty years of retirement.
Graduating from seminary just as World War I began, he affiliated with the Society of Friends" unit of the American Red Cross.
Although he was ordained as a Congregationist minister, he never served as the pastor of a congregation. Bainton wore his scholarship lightly and had a lively, readable style.
His most popular books were Here I Stand: A of Martin Luther (1950)--which sold more than a million copies—and The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century (1952), both of which were widely used as textbooks. Many of Bainton"s books are illustrated with examples taken from his collection of medieval and Renaissance drawings, woodcuts, and engravings.
A collection of essays in honor of Roland Bainton was published in 1962.
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Membership
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities.
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February 13, 1984 (aged 89) -
Nationality
United States -
Religion
Protestant Christianity Lutheranism