Lewis Bayles Paton (June 27, 1864 − January 24, 1932) was an American

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, archaeologist and historian. He was a professor at the

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for many years, and a well known authority on

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Biography

Lewis Bayles Paton was born in

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on June 27, 1864. He was the son of Robert L. S. and Henriette Bayles Paton. Paton received his bachelor's degree in 1884 from

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. He graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1890 and was ordained as a

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minister. He subsequently spent several years abroad to continue his studies at the

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and the University of Marburg. In 1892 he changed to the

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. Paton was gained a master's degree from New York University in 1893. He later became an instructor at the

, where he was appointed Nettleton Professor in 1900. Between 1901 and 1904, Paton was editor-in-chief of the '' Journal of Biblical Literature''. From 1903 to 1904, Paton was Director of the

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. He received a D. D. from New York University in 1906. At the Hartford Theological Seminary, Paton taught

and criticism. He was a well known authority on archaeology. Paton was the author of several works, including ''Early History of Syria and Palestine'', in the Semitic Series, ''Jerusalem in Bible Times'' and ''Early Religion of Israel''. Paton was married three times. His first wife, Miss Suvia Davison of Hartford, died in 1904, eight years after they were married. In 1915, Paton married Mrs. Loraine Seymour Brown Calhoun of Harford. She died in 1924. In 1925 Paton married Katherine Hazeltine. He died in

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on January 24, 1932.

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1864 births 1932 deaths American archaeologists American biblical scholars American Congregationalist ministers American expatriates in Germany American academic journal editors American Presbyterian ministers Biblical archaeology Hartford Seminary faculty Humboldt University of Berlin alumni New York University alumni Old Testament scholars Educators from New York City Princeton Theological Seminary alumni University of Marburg alumni {{US-academic-bio-stub