The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-23
GEORGE B. STEVENS DEAD
ONE OF TALES MOST NOTED AM
 SCHOLARLY PROFESSORS.

His Death Very Unexpected--Was to
 Have Sailed for Europe TO-day-A
 Life of Great Usefulness Cut Short
 Sketch of His Career.
 Yale has met with a severe loss, and the community also, in the death of Professor George Barker Stevens, which occurred yesterday forenoon at about 10 o'clock at his home, 3SS Whit ney avenue, after short illness. The news of his death was very unexpect- ed, and was heard with sympathy and deep regret, both in the college world and in our business and higher social circles.
 Professor Stevens was one of Yale's most valued and most respected lead CTS, and a scholar of international repu- tation. He was Dwight professor of systematic theology in the Divinity school.
 Professor Stevens had been suffering of late with malarial fever, but his death was due to sudden attack of heart failure. On Monday and Tuesday he seemed more comfortable, but the fever gained on Wednesday and Thurs day To-day he and his family were to have sailed for Liverpool, and were to spend the summer in Scotland. His death comes as a great blow to all his personal friends and acquaintances, and is a great loss to the faculty of the Divinity school.
 Professor Stevens has been an in- structor in Yale since 1886. Previous to his coming here he had spent much time in valuable preparation for his life work His work may be briefly summed up in the following accom- plishments:
 Professor Stevens graduated A. B.. from the University of Rochester 1877; H. D., from Yale, 1880; Ph. D., from Syracuse university in 1883; pastor in Buffalo First Congregational church, and Watertown, New York, First Pres- byterian church, 1Ss0-18S5;; student in Germany, 1985-1S86; D. D., University of Jena, 188; professor of New Testa- ment criticism and interpretation, Yale Divinity school, 1SS6-1S95; entered upon present duties 1895; D. D.. Illinois col- legc, 1902; IL. D., University of Ro- chester, 1902.
 As an author of works on theology he gained much success, and extended the sphere of his influence and the scope of his contributions to learning from the class room and the university to the entire world. Some of his best known works are:
 "The Pauline Theology" "The Johan- nine Theology" "A Short Commentary on Galatians" Doctrine and Life" ''The Epistles of Paul in Modern Eng lish," 'The Theology of the New Testa- ment," 'The Message of Paul." "The Messages of the Apostles" "The Teach ing of Jesus" "The Christian Doctrine of Salvation"
 Professor Stevens had of late spent much time on another projected publi- cation, the title of which was to be ''The Christian Doctrine of Sin. This work was nearing completion when his endeavors were cut short by death.
 Professor Stevens was the successor in 1886, at the age of thirty-two, of Timothy Dwight in the Yale professor ship of New Testament criticism. His native place was Spencer, Tioga county, N. Y. His father was a well-to-do farmer. At the age of sixteen he went to the Ithaca academy, and after a three years course entered, in 1883, Gov olI nf years he left Cornell, and entered the Rochester university, from which he was graduated in 1887, with the degress in course of bachelor of arts. The next year he passed in the Rochester Theo- logical seminary, directing his study es- pecially to Greek and Hebrew. In 1878 he entered the Yale Divinity school, whence, after two-years' course, he was graduated with the degree of B. D. In this varied course of preparation he won many prizes for scholarship.
 While distinguished as a scholar and as an author, be held the highest place in the community as man. He was most companionable man-always op- timistic in his teperament, cheerful, de- Hgntlul as conVersatlonaNst, full of humor, and always manifesting good will. He was also a man of affairs, and for some time had been one of the di- ectors of the Yale National bank. He was widely and favorably known among the churches of the state and elsewhere as a preacher, and had been much in demand as lecturer before summer assemblies of ministers, hav- ing in recent years visited summer schools of theology in the middle and southwest, where he was received with great acceptance.
 He leaves wife and two daughters to mourn his loss He was f1fty-twO years of age. Funeral services will be held from the home on Sunday after 1 noon at o'clock.