Zwemer, Samuel M. (1867-1952). Papers, 1867-2019.

Samuel Marinus Zwemer was born on April 12, 1867, in Vriesland, Michigan. Zwemer received an A.B. from Hope College in 1887, M.A from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1890; Classical Literature degree from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1890, ordained by the Pella, Iowa, Classis in 1890; D.D. from Hope College in 1904; L.L.D. from Muskingham College in 1918, and a D.D. from Rutgers College in 1919.

Zwemer was a member of the Church Missionary Society in Arabia (1890-1913) where he met and married fellow missionary Amy Elizabeth Wilkes on May 18, 1896. He also served in Egypt (1913-1929). His tenure as professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary lasted from 1929-1952. Besides his many duties, he had time to write over fifty religious books and hundreds of articles; founded the Moslem World, a missionary periodical; and served as its editor for thirty-five years.

He retired from active work on the faculty of Princeton College Seminary at the age of seventy in 1937; however, he was allowed to teach for another year. He continued to write and publish books and articles, as well as doing a great deal of public speaking. Zwemer died in New York City on April 2, 1952, at the age of eighty-four.