Samuel Zane Batten
American minister
About Samuel Zane Batten
Lived 1859 – 1925 (aged 65–66). Samuel Zane Batten was an American.
Samuel Zane Batten (August 10, 1859 – June 5, 1925) was an American Baptist minister and educator.
Biography Batten graduated from Bucknell University in 1885, and served as a Baptist minister in Morristown, New Jersey, where he preached against alcohol consumption and gambling. He was an adamant proponent of democracy for its Christian appeal. In 1908, he established the Commission on Social Service of the American Baptist Association. In 1913, he joined the faculty of what would become the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of the Kingdom.
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Who was Samuel Zane Batten?
American minister
When was Samuel Zane Batten born?
Samuel Zane Batten was born in 1859.
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Samuel Zane Batten died in 1925.
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Samuel Zane Batten was American.
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