Rufus Matthew Jones | |
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Born | South China, Maine, United States | January 25, 1863
Died | June 16, 1948 Haverford, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 85)
Alma mater | Haverford College, Harvard University |
Institutions | Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College (trustee) |
Main interests | Philosophy, Psychology, Theology, Mysticism, Philosophy of Religion, History of Religion |
Rufus Matthew Jones (January 25, 1863 – June 16, 1948) was an American religious leader, writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and college professor. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Haverford Emergency Unit (a precursor to the American Friends Service Committee). One of the most influential Quakers of the 20th century, he was a Quaker historian and theologian as well as a philosopher. He is the only person to have delivered two Swarthmore Lectures.