Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969), scholar

Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) was an American clergyman. Fosdick was the leading liberal voice among clergymen in his days. He graduated from Colgate University, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University. His sermon “Shall the Fundamentalist win?” (1922) made him a central figure in the conflict against rising fundamentalism within American Protestantism in the 1920s and 1930s.