Arthur Tappan Pierson (A. T. Pierson) was an important evangelical leader well connected to the founders of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. He contributed articles to the Fundamentals.

In May 1911, he spent several weeks in the home of T. C. Horton. He had begun a world tour of Mission visitation but fell very ill in Korea. He stayed with Horton on his way home to Brooklyn, "a very sick man."
The King's Business, Vol. 2.5, May 1911, pg 108, http://www2.biola.edu/kingsbusiness/view/2/5/21

Pierson died on June 3, 1911. The King's Business obituary noted that Pierson "belonged to what is known as the Old Guard of the extreme orthdox division of the Church." T. C. Horton wrote this obituary, saying "Associated with him in the pastorate of one of the largest churches in the country for several years, the writer learned to know him and love him and takes this opportunity of recording his gratitude to God for a quarter of loving friendship and fellowship with this good man of God."The King's Business, Vol. 2.7, July 1911, pg 145, http://www2.biola.edu/kingsbusiness/view/2/7/2

The work which he had begun in Korea did not, however, end with his death. In 1919, Mr. Delevan Pierson, A. T. Pierson's son wrote to Thomas Corton Horton saying, "It is over seven years since my honored father was called home. Soom after he fell asleep, you and other friends made it possible by gifts and prayers to found a Bible School in Korea to perpetuate his memory and to continue the ministry to which his life was devoted. The School has now been in operation for six years, valuable property has been acquired, buildings have been constructed, and the whole work is progressing most encouragingly. Several classes of students have been graduated and the past year was the best in its history."The King's Business, Vol. 10.2, February 1919, pg 118, http://www2.biola.edu/kingsbusiness/view/10/2/21 This institute in Korea was named the A. T. Pierson Memoral Bible School, and Mr. Delevan Pierson was the secretary of that school.

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