George Marsden
He is best known for his award-winning biography of the New England clergyman Jonathan Edwards, a prominent theologian of Colonial America.[2] He attended Haverford College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Yale University, completing a Doctor of Philosophy degree[2] in American history under Sydney E. Ahlstrom.He taught at Calvin College (1965–1986), Duke Divinity School (1986–1992), and as Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame (1992–2008).[4] As of 2017 Marsden is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.[5] His former doctoral students include Diana Butler Bass, Matthew Grow, Thomas S. Kidd, Steven Nolt, and Rick Ostrander.