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Tipler, Edmund John
Full NameTIPLER, Edmund John
Date of Birth15 July 1884Date of Death10 October 1935Biography
While employed on a farm at St Andrews Canterbury, he began to become interested in the ministry. In 1907 he served Hunua as Assistant to Rev Smellie at Papakura. Through private study, without having had a secondary education, he matriculated, and entered Otago University in 1909. He was one of the first resident students in Knox College, Dunedin. He achieved outstanding success, and did advanced work in Latin, Hebrew and English. On medical advice he did not sit MA.
Theological Hall 1912-1915
Licensed by Timaru Presbytery, November 1915
During convalescence he went to Oxford for one term. Suffering constantly he carried his burden with a lifted head.
He accepted his full share of Presbytery and Assembly work, was Convenor of the Theological Hall Committee and did notable work as such. Although he suffered almost constant pain and discomfort he never complained, nor allowed any but a few intimate friends to know the extent of the load of his suffering.
Date of Birth15 July 1884Date of Death10 October 1935Biography- born 15 July 1884 Leithfield, Canterbury
- married 25 December 1916 Henrietta SMITH, born 28 February 1889, died 12 November 1986
- died 10 October 1935 Mount Eden, in office.
While employed on a farm at St Andrews Canterbury, he began to become interested in the ministry. In 1907 he served Hunua as Assistant to Rev Smellie at Papakura. Through private study, without having had a secondary education, he matriculated, and entered Otago University in 1909. He was one of the first resident students in Knox College, Dunedin. He achieved outstanding success, and did advanced work in Latin, Hebrew and English. On medical advice he did not sit MA.
Theological Hall 1912-1915
Licensed by Timaru Presbytery, November 1915
- Ordained Carterton, Wairarapa, 23 December 1915
During convalescence he went to Oxford for one term. Suffering constantly he carried his burden with a lifted head.
- Roslyn, Dunedin, 8 November 1921
- Mt Eden, Auckland, 16 March 1933
He accepted his full share of Presbytery and Assembly work, was Convenor of the Theological Hall Committee and did notable work as such. Although he suffered almost constant pain and discomfort he never complained, nor allowed any but a few intimate friends to know the extent of the load of his suffering.
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Tipler, Edmund John. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 04/04/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/112529
