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Edwin E. Jacques
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The Reverend Edwin Everett Jacques (1909-1996) was an American writer and Christian minister. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduated from Gordon College and Divinity School, and was awarded a Master of Arts Degree from Boston University. He also received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Denver Theological Seminary. As a missionary to Albania and Italy he was a teacher in Korçë, Albania, from 1932 to 1940. He pastored churches in East Concord, Groton, and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Prior to his retirement, he served the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society for nearly 20 years, and, as its foreign secretary, travelled extensively in Europe and Asia. Rev. Edwin E. Jacques died at the age of 87 Writings Edwin Jacques wrote a controversial book on Albanian history called "The Albanians: An Ethnic History from Prehistoric Times to the Present", which has been criticized by mainstream scholars such as Robert Elsie, a specialist in Albanian studies, but has found appeal in Albanian nationalist circles. See Also
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