William Douglas Mackenzie

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1859 – 1936

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Who was William Douglas Mackenzie?

William Douglas Mackenzie, D.D., LL.D. was an American Congregational theologian, born at Fauresmith, Orange River Colony, South Africa, educated in Edinburgh at Watson's College School and at the Congregational Theological Hall. He studied at Göttingen, then emigrated to the United States whereat he served as professor of systematic theology at Chicago Theological Seminary at Hartford from 1895 to 1903, president of the Hartford Seminary after 1904, and served as President Emeritus of the Hartford Seminary Foundation from 1930–?. Mackenzie was also a member of the Hartford Civitan Club.

He was author of:

The Ethics of Gambling

The Revelation of Christ

Christianity and the Progress of Man

South Africa: Its History, Heroes, and Wars

A biography of his father, John Mackenzie, South African Missionary and Statesman

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Born
Jul 16, 1859
Fauresmith, Free State
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
1936

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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