Papers of James Hardy Ropes, 1895-1927 (inclusive).
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Ropes, James Hardy, 1866-1933
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James Hardy Ropes ( 1866-1933 ) was born in Salem, Massachusetts . He graduated from Harvard College in 1889 and Andover Theological Seminary in 1893 . In 1901, he was ordained a minister in the Congregational Church . He served as an instructor, and then assistant professor, at Harvard Divinity School from 1895 to 1903 ; he was then named Bussey Professor in 1903, a position he held until his appointment as the Hollis Professor of Divinity in 1910 . He was named editor of the Harvard Theologica...