Adam H. Dickey
Adam H. Dickey (1864-1925) was born in Toronto, Canada, and died in
Brookline, Massachusetts. He was raised Methodist, and his family moved to Kansas City,
Missouri, when he was a teenager in 1881. Dickey began working at his father's business,
W.S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing, in 1884. In 1887, he married Lillian M. Selden, and in
1893, the Dickeys became interested in studying Christian Science. Dickey joined The
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 6, 1894. In
1898, he served as Sunday school Superintendent of First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Kansas City, Missouri. He also served on the Board of the church and as its chairman. In
1900, and again in 1901, he completed the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball, a
student of Mary Baker Eddy's who was authorized to teach after Eddy closed her
Massachusetts Metaphysical College and organized the Board of Education. Dickey was
listed in The Christian Science Journal as a practitioner from
1900 until his death. From 1901 to 1908 he was First Reader of First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Kansas City, Missouri. In 1908, Dickey began working for Eddy as a secretary
at her Chestnut Hill home until her passing in 1910. At Eddy's request, Dickey wrote the
introduction to her last book, Poems. He was named by Eddy as a
trustee to her estate in 1909 and as a member of the Christian Science Board of
Directors on November 21, 1910. He remained in the position until 1925 and was also
Treasurer of The Mother Church in Boston from 1912 to 1917. Eddy chose Dickey to
supervise the work of the committee translating Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures into German, which was completed in 1912. He was also
one of the trustees of the Christian Science Benevolent Association during its founding
in 1916. Some of Dickey's well known articles in The Christian Science
Journal include" "God's Law of Adjustment" (1916), "Possession" (1917), and
"The Mother Church and the Manual" (1922). Dickey's biography, entitled Memoirs of Mary Baker Eddy, was published posthumously in 1927.
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Adam H. Dickey
Adam H. Dickey (1864-1925) was born in Toronto, Canada, and died in
Brookline, Massachusetts. He was raised Methodist, and his family moved to Kansas City,
Missouri, when he was a teenager in 1881. Dickey began working at his father's business,
W.S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing, in 1884. In 1887, he married Lillian M. Selden, and in
1893, the Dickeys became interested in studying Christian Science. Dickey joined The
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 6, 1894. In
1898, he served as Sunday school Superintendent of First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Kansas City, Missouri. He also served on the Board of the church and as its chairman. In
1900, and again in 1901, he completed the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball, a
student of Mary Baker Eddy's who was authorized to teach after Eddy closed her
Massachusetts Metaphysical College and organized the Board of Education. Dickey was
listed in The Christian Science Journal as a practitioner from
1900 until his death. From 1901 to 1908 he was First Reader of First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Kansas City, Missouri. In 1908, Dickey began working for Eddy as a secretary
at her Chestnut Hill home until her passing in 1910. At Eddy's request, Dickey wrote the
introduction to her last book, Poems. He was named by Eddy as a
trustee to her estate in 1909 and as a member of the Christian Science Board of
Directors on November 21, 1910. He remained in the position until 1925 and was also
Treasurer of The Mother Church in Boston from 1912 to 1917. Eddy chose Dickey to
supervise the work of the committee translating Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures into German, which was completed in 1912. He was also
one of the trustees of the Christian Science Benevolent Association during its founding
in 1916. Some of Dickey's well known articles in The Christian Science
Journal include" "God's Law of Adjustment" (1916), "Possession" (1917), and
"The Mother Church and the Manual" (1922). Dickey's biography, entitled Memoirs of Mary Baker Eddy, was published posthumously in 1927.
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