American ordained minister, biblical scholar and theologian
Olive Winchester
Born
Olive May Winchester November 22, 1879 Monson, Maine, U.S.
Died
February 15, 1947 Pasadena, California, U.S.
Occupation
Biblical studies professor, ordained minister
Years active
1902-1947
Olive May Winchester (1879–1947) was an American ordained minister and a pioneer biblical scholar and theologian in the Church of the Nazarene, who was in 1912 the first woman ordained by any trinitarian Christian denomination in the United Kingdom,[1] the first woman admitted into and graduated from the Bachelor of Divinity course at the University of Glasgow, and the first woman to complete a Doctor of Theology degree from the divinity school of Drew University.[2]
^Women, the Church and Ministry: Celebrating 100 years of women’s ordination in the UK.
^"First ordained Scottish women to be celebrated at conference" Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, NCN News (April 4, 2012).
Oliver Fisher Winchester (November 30, 1810 – December 10, 1880) was an American businessman and politician, best known as being the founder of the Winchester...
Olive May Winchester (1879–1947) was an American ordained minister and a pioneer biblical scholar and theologian in the Church of the Nazarene, who was...
on Sunday and shoot all week!" After the war, OliverWinchester renamed New Haven Arms the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The company modified and...
repeating firearms and ammunition. The firm was established in 1866 by OliverWinchester and was located in New Haven, Connecticut. The firm went into receivership...
on June 22, 1837, to OliverWinchester and Jane Ellen Hope in Baltimore, Maryland. His siblings include: Ann Rebecca Winchester (1835-1864) who married...
close family members. Her mother died in May 1880, her father-in-law, OliverWinchester, died in December that same year, and her husband died from tuberculosis...
The Model 1200 is a pump-action shotgun that was manufactured by the Winchester-Western Division of Olin Corporation, starting 1964. It was redesignated...
Company" in 1855, with the addition of new investors, one of which was OliverWinchester. The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company obtained all rights for the Volcanic...
The Winchester Model 1894 rifle (also known as the Winchester 94 or Model 94) is a lever-action repeating rifle that became one of the most famous and...
Repeating Arms Company, the successor to the long-defunct Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The Winchester trademark, however, is owned by Olin, which licenses...
Company" in 1855, with the addition of new investors, one of whom was OliverWinchester. The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company obtained all rights for the Volcanic...
at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and being the basis for the iconic Winchester rifle of the American Wild West. Designed and introduced by Benjamin Tyler...
Starting in 1920 women were admitted as students, and most notably OliveWinchester was issued a Doctor of Theology in 1925, and became the first female...
Winchester (/ˈwɪntʃɪstər/), or the City of Winchester, is a local government district with city status in Hampshire, England. The district is named after...
1846–1857 (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Winchester. Mifflin, Margot (1 August 2009). "10 Myths About Olive Oatman". True West Magazine. Archived from...
program, Michael Lodahl. Another notable former faculty member is OliveWinchester. "Point Loma Nazarene University – Best Colleges". U.S. News & World...
faculty members include Fred J. Shields, H. Orton Wiley, Ben Fischer and OliveWinchester. Religious speaker and author Ann Kiemel Anderson attended the university...
Paul and Saint Swithun, commonly known as Winchester Cathedral, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and is among the largest of its kind...
Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1067. Only the Great Hall still stands; it houses a museum...
relative of Kate, attended rival Winchester College but played cricket against Eton in the 1914 Eton Match. Noel and Olive Middleton watched on from the...
self-contained cartridges that were developed and marketed successfully by OliverWinchester, after which manufactured metallic cartridges became standard. In...
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