Adolf Augustus Berle (clergyman)

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Adolf Augustus Berle (also AA Berle ; born January 24, 1865 in St. Louis , Missouri , † November 18, 1960 in Boscawen , New Hampshire ) was an American congregational clergyman .

Life

Family and education

Adolf A. Berle, son of Protas Berle and Elizabeth Cornelius Berle, devoted himself since 1884 to the study of theology at Oberlin Theological Seminary in Oberlin in the US state of Ohio , in 1887 he graduated as a Bachelor of Sacred Theology. He continued his studies since 1889 at Harvard University , in 1891 he earned the academic degree of a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts . He studied abroad at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin , Paris and London .

Adolf Augustus Berle married Mary Augusta Wright on December 24, 1891. From this marriage came the children Lina Wright, Adolf Augustus junior , Miriam Blossom and Rudolf Protas. He died in the late autumn of 1960 at the age of 95. He found his final resting place in Muddy Brook Cemetery in Great Barrington in the US state of Massachusetts .

Professional background

Adolf Augustus Berle was ordained in the pastoral ministry in the Congregational Church in 1887 . Berle then held pastoral posts from 1891 to 1902 at Brighton Church in Boston , from 1902 to 1904 at Union Park Church in Chicago , from 1904 to 1908 at Crombie St. Church in Salem , Massachusetts, and from 1908 to 1911 at Shawmut Church in Boston. In 1911 he followed a call as Woodbury Professor of Applied Christianity at Tufts College , in 1914 he resigned.

He also served as associate editor of the Bibliotheca Sacra in St. Louis, as a speaker on Boston Municipal Independence Day in 1895, as a member of the Survey Committee of the New York Public Schools in 1934, and as a lecturer on educational topics. Adolf Augustus Berle was active in promoting social legislation.

Adolf Augustus Berle was a Freemason and a member of the Harvard Club of New York. The for honorary member elected the Philosophical Association Berle who received honorary doctorates ( Doctor of Divinity ) of Yankton College in 1894 and the Drury College in 1,903th

Publications

  • author
  • Modern interpretations of the gospel life. Pilgrim Press, Boston, 1899
  • The school in the home; talks with parents and teachers on intensive child training. Moffat, Yard and Co., New York, 1912
  • Christianity and the social rage. McBride, Nast & Company, New York, 1914
  • Teaching in the home; a handbook for intensive fertilization of the child mind, for instructors of young children. Moffat, Yard and Co., New York, 1915
  • The world significance of a Jewish state. M. Kennerley, New York, 1918
  • editor
  • Berle's self culture, 10 volumes. Twentieth century self culture Association, Chicago, Ill., 1920
  • Character building . International University Society, London, St. Louis, New York, 1920

literature

  • Who Was Who in America With world Notables: Volume IV, 1961-1968. Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1968, p. 81.
  • Louis Dembitz Brandeis: Letters of Louis D. Brandeis. Volume II (1907-1912), People's attorney. State University of New York Press, Albany, 1972

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personal data
SURNAME Berle, Adolf Augustus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berle, AA
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Congregational Clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1960
Place of death Boscawen , New Hampshire