Edwin Richard Thiele

Place: Chicago

Born: 1895

Death: 1986

Biography:

Edwin Richard Thiele was an American Seventh-day Adventist missionary in China, editor, archaeologist, writer, and scholar of the Old Testament. He is best known for his chronological studies of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Thiele was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 10, 1895. He graduated from Emmanuel Missionary College in 1918 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in ancient languages. After two years of work as home missionary secretary for the East Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, he left in 1920 for mission service in China. During his 12 years in China, he was an editor and manager for the Signs of the Times Publishing House in Shanghai. After returning to the United States, Thiele studied archaeology, obtaining a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1937. He then joined the religion faculty at Emmanuel Missionary College, where he taught until his retirement in 1963. Thiele died on April 15, 1986, at the age of 90.