Edward Cummings (minister)

Edward Cummings (April 20, 1861 – November 2, 1926) was an American minister and sociologist.

Edward Cummings was born on April 20, 1861, in Colebrook, New Hampshire, to Frances (Merrill) and Edward Norris Cummings.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in 1883 and a master's degree in 1885, both from Harvard College.[1]

Cummings was originally a professor of sociology at Harvard but left academia to join the ministry. Beginning in October 1900, he was the minister of the "first congregational church", or "south congregational church", in Boston, Massachusetts (likely the First Congregational Church of Hyde Park).[2]

E. E. Cummings was Edward's son.[3]

Cummings died on November 2, 1926, near Ossipee, New Hampshire, while a passenger in a car that was struck by a train.[4][5]

Further reading

  • Chamberlain, Joshua L., ed. (1899). "Cummings, Edward 1861–". Universities and Their Sons. Vol. 2. R. Herndon Company. pp. 155–156.
  • Talbot, Edith A. (January 1917). "Rev. Edward Cummings". Massachusetts Magazine. 10 (1): 29–31.

References

  1. 1 2 Who's Who in New England. Albert Nelson Marquis. 1909. pp. 267–268.
  2. ↑ "A Rhinoceros Tells Tales to a Soldier: The Childhood Imaginings of E. E. Cummings". Massachusetts Historical Society. July 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2026.
  3. ↑ Skrupskelis, Kęstutis; Berkeley, Elizabeth M., eds. (1997). William and Henry James: Selected Letters. University of Virginia Press. p. 527. ISBN 978-0-8139-1694-1.
  4. ↑ "Rev. Edward Cummings Is Killed at Crossing". The New York Times. November 3, 1926. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 28, 2026.
  5. ↑ Cheever, Susan (June 27, 2014). "How to Solve an 88-Year-Old Literary Mystery". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 28, 2026.


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