author
Eldridge B. (Eldridge Burwell) Hatcher
b. 1865
A Baptist minister and educator as well as a novelist, he wrote fiction shaped by faith and later turned to biography to tell the story of his father, the well-known preacher William E. Hatcher. His surviving work suggests a writer interested in character, belief, and the moral choices that shape a life.
1 Audiobook
Dorothy Page
by Eldridge B. (Eldridge Burwell) Hatcher
About the author
Born in 1865, Eldridge Burwell Hatcher was an American Baptist clergyman, teacher, and author. Library and catalog records connect him with at least two books that still circulate today: Dorothy Page (1912), a novel, and William E. Hatcher, D.D., LL.D., L.H.D.; A Biography (1915), a substantial life of his father, the Virginia Baptist leader William E. Hatcher.
Those books hint at the range of his work. Dorothy Page shows his interest in fiction with a religious and moral center, while the later biography reflects a close connection to Baptist history and church life. Other records describe him as an educator and clergyman, which fits the strongly pastoral and reflective tone associated with his writing.
Reliable biographical information about him online is fairly limited, so some personal details are harder to confirm with confidence. What is clear is that he belonged to a family deeply rooted in Baptist ministry and that his writing moved between storytelling and religious biography, leaving behind a small but distinctive body of work.