Edward A. Kimball, C.S.D.

Portrait by Edmund Giesbert
Gift of Edna Kimball Wait Association, Longyear Museum Collection, AW0043

EDWARD A. KIMBALL, C.S.D.
When Christian Science treatment healed him of a persistent physical disability, Edward Kimball was a successful manufacturer in Chicago. In 1888 and 1889 he took Christian Science classes from Mary Baker Eddy, and in 1890, retired from business to devote himself to the advancement of Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy asked him to take charge of the Christian Science presentation for the Parliament of Religions at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
He was active in First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, and was elected its First Reader in 1894. Following further class instruction from Mrs. Eddy in 1898, he became a teacher of Christian Science, in Chicago. He was also named to the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, and it is estimated that he gave over 1,000 lectures during the nine years he served in that capacity. In 1899 Mr. Kimball was one of the first teachers appointed to the Christian Science Board of Education, and he assisted Mrs. Eddy in the 1901 revision of her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Mr. Kimball proposed at the 1902 Annual Meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist that $2 million be raised to build an extension to the Original Edifice of The Mother Church. The Extension was dedicated in June 1906.

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