Harvie Branscomb | |
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4th Chancellor of Vanderbilt University | |
In office 1946–1963 | |
Preceded by | Oliver Carmichael |
Succeeded by | G. Alexander Heard |
Personal details | |
Born | Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. | December 25, 1894
Died | July 23, 1998 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 103)
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.