Edwin Howard Borden

Edwin Howard Borden was an early African Nova Scotian scholar who had a distinguished career as a pastor, professor, and author in the United States.

Early history
Edwin Howard Borden was born in Truro, Nova Scotia on March 15, 1868, after his parents relocated there from Tracadie.

In 1892, he was among Acadia University's Bachelor of Arts graduates. As the first African Nova Scotian to graduate from Acadia University, Borden is regarded as one of the first people of African descent to earn a degree from any Canadian institution or university. Presumably one of the first athletes of African descent at any Canadian university, he played varsity baseball for Acadia. He received his Master of Arts in 1896 from Acadia University.

In 1893, he attended the University of Chicago Divinity School. He graduated with his degree of Bachelor of Divinity on April 1, 1897.

By 1910, he was teaching in Macon, Georgia at the Central City College (now Georgia Baptist College). In 1910, he received an honorary doctorate of Divinity from Baptist College located in Texas.

At Milton University in Baltimore, Borden earned his PhD in 1924.

Death
Edwin Howard Borden died on January 26, 1953, in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, in the United States.