Hurst, John Fletcher

Hurst, John Fletcher, D. D., LL. D. (both from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn., 1866 and 1877), Methodist; b. at Salem, Md., Aug. 17, 1834; was graduated at Dickinson College, 1854; studied theology at Halle and Heidelberg, 1.8561857; in the pastorate, 1858-66; professor of theology in the Mission Institute at Bremen, 1866-69, and after its removal to Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1869-71; professor of historical theology in Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J., 1871—80, and president from 1873; bishop of the Methodist-Episcopal Church, 1880. Besides valuable translations, he is the author of: History of Rationalism (1866) ; Outlines of Church History (i$74, 3d ed., 1880); Short History of the Reformation (1884), etc.