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Henry K. (Henry Kalloch) Rowe
1869–1941
A historian of religion and society, this early-20th-century scholar wrote clear, wide-ranging books that helped general readers make sense of American faith, church history, and social development. His work also preserved the story of Newton and Andover for later generations.
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Society: Its Origin and Development
by Henry K. (Henry Kalloch) Rowe
About the author
Born in Boston in 1869, Henry Kalloch Rowe was an American educator and author whose career joined history, sociology, and theology. Sources identify him as a graduate of Brown University, later earning a Ph.D. from Boston University, and as a professor of social science and history at the Newton Theological Institution.
Rowe wrote several substantial works, including The History of Religion in the United States, History of the Christian People, Society: Its Origin and Development, History of Andover Theological Seminary, and Tercentenary History of Newton, 1630–1930. His books suggest a writer interested in explaining large subjects in an accessible way, especially the development of religious life and social institutions in America.
He died in 1941. Though not a widely remembered public figure today, his writing remains useful to readers interested in American religious history, church history, and the intellectual world of Protestant theological education in the early 1900s.