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Harry Emerson Fosdick

American pastor

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The Reverend

Harry Emerson Fosdick

BornMay 24, 1878

Buffalo, New York, U.S.[2]

DiedOctober 5, 1969

Bronxville, New York, U.S.[2]

EducationBA, Colgate University, 1900
studied at Colgate Seminary, 1900–1901
BD, Union Theological Seminary, 1904
MA, Columbia University, 1908[1]
OccupationProtestant Christian minister
SpouseFlorence Allen Whitney[2]
ChildrenElinor Fosdick Downs, Dorothy Fosdick[2]
Parent(s)Frank Sheldon Fosdick, Amy Inez Fosdick[2]
ChurchBaptist[1]
OrdainedNovember 18, 1903[2]

Congregations served

First Baptist Church, Montclair, NJ, 1904–15
First Presbyterian Church ("Old First" of Manhattan), New York City, NY, 1918–25
Park Avenue Baptist Church/Riverside Church, New York City, NY, 1925–30/1930–46[1]

Offices held

Pastor,[1] associate pastor[3]