Name Ezra Gould | Role Critic | |
Died August 22, 1900, White Lake, New York, United States Books St. Mark, An American Commentary on the New Testament Education Andover Newton Theological School, Harvard University | ||
Ezra Palmer Gould (February 27, 1841 – August 22, 1900) was a Baptist and later, Episcopal, minister, He graduated Harvard University in 1861 and subsequently served in the Civil War. He entered the ministry in 1868. His commentary on the Gospel of Mark continued to be reprinted in the International Critical Commentary series.
Contents
- Early Life Family and Education
- Military service
- Seminary Education and Work
- Pastorates
- Articles
- Books
- References
Early Life, Family, and Education
Ezra Palmer Gould was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Feb. 27, 1841 to S.L. Gould and Frances Ann Shelton Gould. He attended Harvard University, graduating in 1861, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was married Sept. 1, 1868 to Jenny M. Stone, and had two children, Herbert Shelton and Edith Parker.
Military service
Shortly after his graduation, he enlisted as a private in the 24th Massachusetts Volunteers. He was promoted to corporal shortly thereafter. His regiment participated in the Battle of New Bern, and was stationed there for nine months. During this time, he received news of his brothers death at Antietam. He was commissioned to Second Lieutenant of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteers on Oct. 15, 1863, then to Captain of the 59th Massachusetts Volunteers. Commanding the 55th, he was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness when he was wounded in the left hand and arm, losing his little finger.
Seminary Education and Work
Upon leaving his military service in 1865, he entered Newton Theological Institution, a Baptist seminary, graduating three years later, and immediately becoming professor of New Testament Literature and Interpretation, a position which he held until 1882. In 1889, he assumed a similar position at the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School in Philadelphia, which he held for nine years, and was ordained into the Episcopal priesthood on Feb. 18, 1891.