G.B. Stevens

Summary

Born
July 13, 1854
Died
June 22, 1906
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Biography

George Barker (G.B.) Stevens was born in 1854 to a farming family. Stevens left the farm to pursue an education at Rochester Theological Seminary and Yale Divinity School. After earning his divinity degree, Stevens served a Congregational church followed by a Presbyterian church. A scholarly man, he would also earn doctorate degrees in Divinity, Law, and Sacred Theology. He spent nearly a decade as a professor of New Testament criticism. For the last ten years of his life, Stevens chaired the systematic theology department of Yale Divinity School. Stevens died in 1906 leaving behind a body of books mostly regarding the New Testament.

Wailand Groenendyk
CCEL Staff Writer
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