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Author: Hugh Thomson Kerr
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Hugh Thomson Kerr (1872-1950)
Born: February 11, 1872, Elora, Canada.
Died: June 27, 1950, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Buried: Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Kerr attended the University of Toronto and Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ordained a Presbyterian minister, he pastored in Kansas and Illinois, and at the Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh (1913-1946). A pioneer in religious broadcasting, his 1922 Christmas Day sermon was broadcast to the North and South Poles by radio station KDKA. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presb…
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