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George Buttrick
- Entity ID:
- george-buttrick
- Long Name:
- Buttrick, George Arthur, 1892-1980
- Short Name:
- George Buttrick
- Disambiguation String:
- English-born, American-based Christian preacher, author and lecturer
- Entity Type:
- person
- Entity Subtype:
- author
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- Wikipedia
- Summary:
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George Arthur Buttrick (1892–1980) was an English-born, American-based Christian preacher, author and lecturer.
Buttrick was born in Seaham Harbour, England on March 23, 1892. He attended the Victoria University of Manchester and later emigrated to the United States.
He served as a pastor in Quincy, Illinois, Rutland, Vermont, Buffalo, New York, and in 1927 he succeeded Henry Sloane Coffin as minister of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City.
He gave a lecture series at Yale University. From 1955 to 1960 he was Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Preacher to the University at Harvard University. He was then a guest professor at the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and went on to teach at Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He later taught at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Viaf ID:
- 50468702
- DB Pedia ID:
- George_Arthur_Buttrick
- Biblical Status:
- Not Biblical
- Is An Individual:
- Yes
- Is Published:
- Yes
- Birth Date:
- March 23, 1892
- Death Date:
- January 23, 1980
- Occupation:
- English-born, American-based Christian preacher, author and lecturer
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