Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson

Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson

(1871–1962) biblical scholar and educator; born in Quincy, Ill. A distinguished teacher at the University of Chicago (1902–37), he was renowned for his expertise in biblical exegesis and Greek papyrology. His relatively more vernacular New Testament: An American Translation (1923) was a milestone.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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