Harvie Branscomb

Harvie Branscomb
Branscomb in around 1914
4th Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
In office 1946–1963
Preceded by	Oliver Carmichael
Succeeded by	G. Alexander Heard
Personal details
Born	(1894-12-25)December 25, 1894 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Died	July 23, 1998(1998-07-23) (aged 103) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Spouse	Margaret Vaughan
Children	3 sons, including Lewis M. Branscomb and Ben Vaughan Branscomb
Education	Birmingham–Southern College (BA) Wadham College, Oxford (BA) Columbia University (PhD)

Bennett Harvie Branscomb (December 25, 1894 – July 23, 1998) was an American theologian and academic administrator. He served as the fourth chancellor of Vanderbilt University, a private university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1946 to 1963. Prior to his appointment at Vanderbilt, he was the director of the Duke University Libraries and dean of the Duke Divinity School. Additionally, he served as a professor of Christian theology at Southern Methodist University. He was the author of several books about New Testament theology.