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Amadon, Grace Edith, 1872-1945

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: February 24, 1872 to May 22, 1945

Biographical

Grace Edith Amadon (1872-1945) received her education at Battle Creek College where she learned Greek and Latin. She was also proficient in music. In 1893 Miss Amadon was invited by the Seventh-day Adventist Mission Board to go to Cape Town, South Africa, to teach Greek, Latin, mathematics, and music at the Claremont Union College. After returning from the mission field in about 1899, Amadon was in charge of the Battle Creek church school for two or three years. Between 1903 and 1912 she lived in Chicago where she served as a bacteriologist and taught pathology and other science subjects in a Chicago college.

After spending more then twenty years caring for her elderly parents, Miss Amadon was invited by the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to join a specially formed research committee in January 1939.

Grace Amadon made a distinct contribution to astronomical science by confirming the validity of the time prophecies of the Bible. She made contacts with associate astronomers of the United States Naval Observatory and several of her articles were accepted for publication by scholarly journals.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Grace Amadon Collection

 Collection
Identifier:  Collection 154
Content Description This collection contains Amadon’s research concerning chronologies and time prophecies of the Bible. The collection is divided into categories. (See Arrangement)
Dates: 1299 - 1965

Grace Amadon Collection

 Accession
Identifier: Collection 154