“BATTEN, LORING W.:  Professor; born in New Jersey, Nov. 1859; son Thomas G. and Emelne (Zane) B.;  educ. Harvard, Phila. Div. School, Univ. of Penn.;  DEGREES: A.B., Ph. D., S.T.D., married Clara B. Ware;  AUTHOR:  The Old Testament from the Modern Point of View, 1899; The Hebrew Prophet, 1904; Ezra-Nehemiah in the Internat. Critical Commentary, 1913: The Relief of Pain by Mental Suggestion, 1917; Good and Evil, 1918; I Samuel in the Bible fro Home and School. 1919; HOME 3 Chelsea Square, New York, N.Y.”

Source:  Who’s Who Among North American Authors, by Mrs. Alberta (Chamberlin) Lawrence, Golden Syndicate Publishing Co., L.A. California, 1921, page 16