1891–1974

Introduction

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Born: Ap­ril 21, 1891, Hark­ness, New York.

Died: Au­gust 30, 1974, Clare­mont, Ca­li­for­nia.

Buried: Hark­ness Ce­me­te­ry, Pe­ru, New York.

Biography

Georgia was the daugh­ter of Jo­seph War­ren Hark­ness and Lil­lie Mer­rill.

She at­tend­ed Cor­nell Uni­ver­si­ty (BA 1912) and Boston Uni­ver­si­ty (MA 1920, MRE 1920, PhD 1923), and did post-gra­du­ate work at Harvard Uni­ver­si­ty, Yale Uni­ver­si­ty, and Union Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry in New York Ci­ty.

She held a num­ber of aca­dem­ic po­si­tions:

She al­so taught in the Phil­ip­pines and Ja­pan, and was ac­tive in the Me­tho­dist Com­mis­sion on World Peace and the World Council of Church­es.

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