Royden Keith Yerkes (June 22, 1881 — June 21, 1964)[ 1]
Yerkes was born in Philadelphia . Yerkes was ordained in 1906. He received his B.A. (1903) M.A. (1911) and Ph.D. (1918) from the University of Pennsylvania . He served as head of the graduate department of religious history at Philadelphia Divinity School from 1918 to 1935, and was a professor of theology at the University of the South . He was also an instructor at Nashotah House Theological Seminary. He was examining chaplain of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania from 1911 to 1931. Yerkes died in Evanston, Illinois , where he had been director of religious education for the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago from 1947 until his 1952 retirement.[ 1]
He wrote Sacrifice in Greek and Roman Religions and Early Judaism , a monograph on the origins of religious sacrifice translated into French in 1955.[ 2]
^ a b "Obituaries: Rev. Royden Keith Yerkes" . The Daily Chronicle . De Kalb, Illinois. 1964-06-24. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-02-01 .^ Reviews of Sacrifice in Greek and Roman Religions and Early Judaism :
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