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George Barker Stevens (July 13, 1854 - June 22, 1906) was an American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman, theologian, author, educator, and Yale Divinity School professor. Stevens was born July 13, 1854 in Spencer, New York,〔Men of Mark in Connecticut: Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of Eminent Living Americans, Volume 1. Hartford, CT: William R. Goodspeed. 1906. p.287-89.〕 the son of Thomas Jackson Stevens and Weltha Barker Stevens. His father was a farmer of Dutch descent. ==Education and ministry== He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1877, and attended the Baptist Rochester Theological Seminary for a year 〔"George Barker Stevens", By Frank C. Porter. The Biblical World, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Sep., 1906), pp. 162,167-175. The University of Chicago Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3141079 Accessed Aug. 21, 2013.〕 before transferring to Yale Divinity School, where he graduated in 1880. At Yale, he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternities. In July, 1880, immediately after his graduation, he was called as pastor of the First Congregational Church in Buffalo, New York and two years later, began serving as minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Watertown, New York. In 1883, he pursued a post-graduate course at Syracuse University where he earned his Ph.D. Illinois College awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1902, and the University of Rochester awarded him a Doctorate in Law the same year. In 1885, he traveled to Germany for a year of study and research in German universities, obtaining a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree at the University of Jena.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Barker Stevens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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