John Punnett Peters | |
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| Born | (1852-12-16)December 16, 1852 New York City, US |
| Died | November 10, 1921(1921-11-10) (aged 68) New York City, US |
| Resting place | Saint Michael's Cemetery, Queens, New York |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | Clergyman, writer |
| Spouse | Gabriella Brooke "Brooke" Forman Peters |
| Children | 7, includingJohn P. Peters andFrazier Forman Peters |
John Punnett Peters (December 16, 1852 – November 10, 1921) was an AmericanEpiscopal clergyman and Orientalist.
John Punnett Peters was born inNew York City on December 16, 1852.[1] He graduated fromHopkins School in 1868[2] and then fromYale in 1873. He was part of the school's first football team, and continued to play while he pursued graduate studies atYale Divinity School.[3] He studied atBerlin and atLeipzig. He wasprofessor ofOld Testament languages and literature at the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School inPhiladelphia (1884–91) and professor ofHebrew at theUniversity of Pennsylvania (1885–93).[3] From 1888 to 1895, he conducted excavations atNippur withJohn Henry Haynes andHermann Volrath Hilprecht.[4] His public criticisms of statements made by Hilprecht in speeches and published works regarding the providence of a number of artifacts presented as discoveries made in Nippur sparked what became known as the "Peters-Hilbrecht Controversy."[5] He became rector ofSt. Michael's Episcopal Church (Manhattan) in 1893 and served in that role until he retired in 1919. From 1904 to 1910, John Punnett Peters was also canon residentiary of theCathedral of St. John the Divine. He was active in promoting an intellectual approach to religion, social service, and positive relations between labor and management. Peters was an outspoken opponent of municipal corruption and was active in the Excise Reform Association's West Side branch in Manhattan.[6] As chairman of theCommittee of Fourteen in New York City from the time of its founding in 1905 to 1910, and again from 1912 to 1916, Peters worked to close down or otherwise manageRaines law hotels while advocating numerous reforms to law enforcement institutions and practices.[7] Combined with his father and grandfather, the Peters served as rectors of St. Michael's for 99 years.[3]
ArchitectFrazier Forman Peters was his son. Another son, also namedJohn Punnett Peters (December 4, 1887 – December 29, 1955), initially described thecerebral salt-wasting syndrome.
John Punnett Peters died from a heart attack in New York on November 10, 1921.[8]
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