IVAN PANIN CHRONOLOGY Information gathered from online sources and publications. Interspersed with other relevant events. 1855- DEC 13- BORN IN TVER, RUSSIA Source: Sixth Report of the Secretary. Harvard College 1908 1875- Harvard Dining Association: Directors: Junior Year Panin (vice-pres t.) 1878- ADMITTED TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY Source: Sixth Report of the Secretary. Harvard College 1908 1878- PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY member. 1879- College Papers Crimson (1873): Panin (resigned) Echo (1879): Panin 1880- MAR 10- Class Suppers: Sophomore Year The Sophomore class supper took place at Young s Hotel, Boston, on the evening of March 10, 1880. The officers of the occasion were:- Orator: I. N. Panin Literary Social etc. Harvard Union, 1880: Panin 1881- Published: THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA [A powerful condemnation of the Russian political system, advocating for the overthrow of the Czar, by force if necessary.] 1881- MAR 13- CZAR ALEXANDER II is assassinated near the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. 1881- MAY 27- PANIN DISAVOWS NIHILISM IN THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW 1882- GRADUATES FROM HARVARD COLLEGE Baccalaureate sermon, class day oration, etc. Harvard College, Class of 1882. Wm. H. Wheeler, Printer, 1882 Class of 1882: Ivan Nikolayevitsh Panin Deturs [A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.] Ivan Nikolayevitsh Panin Disquisitions [A long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject.] Ivan Nikolayevitsh Panin There were 176 graduating members of the Class of 1882- [Ivan Panin is not listed in the top 25 ranking members of the class.] Oldest Men: 4, Ivan N. Panin, Born Dec. 22, 1855. [The apparent discrepancy in dates is due to the fact that Russia did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1917.] 1
1882- Panin, I. N.- Listed in Hampton, Virginia 1885- JUL- IVAN NIKOLAYEVITSH PANIN. I still enjoy the blessed state of singleness. The time and place of my marriage I should be only too delighted to give you, but it requires two to fix the time and place, and whoever the lady is, as I have not the pleasure of knowing her, I cannot consult her at present conveniently about it. When I was young, a fortune teller gave me the exact name of my wife and her parents, but I regret to say that I did not make a memorandum of it. I have travelled West as far as Bismarck, Dakota, with a view of engaging there in some agricultural out-of-door pursuit, and looked over Eastern Dakota with that end in view. What I saw during that journey I have described at some length in the Albany Argus, of which I was then an occasional correspondent. On my return from the West, obliged on account of ill-health to lead an out-of-door life, I engaged in poultry-farming at Grafton, Mass., for a year and a half, which improved my health so much that I have returned to intellectual work, and am now Manager of Law and Order, a weekly paper in Boston, devoted to the interests of the Citizens Law and Order League Movement throughout the United States. Source: http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/harvard-college-1780 -class-of- 1882/baccalaureate-sermon-span-classsearchtermclassspan-day-oration-etc-hci/page-13- baccalaureate-sermon-span-classsearchtermclassspan-day-oration-etc-hci.shtml 1885- Ivan Panin has been lecturing on biblical subjects in New York City and the West. 1885- Panin, I. N. Care Gen. R. S. Oliver (Rathbone, Sard & Co.) Albany, N.Y. 1886- AUG 17- Stays At Aquidneck Hotel Newport, Rhode Island 1886- Published: THOUGHTS 1886- MAY 1- Cupples, Upham & Co., of Boston, announce the following new books: "Thoughts," by Ivan Panin, which embodies the author's philosophy of life in a series of epigrammatic reflections; Source: http://dds.crl.edu/loadstream.asp?iid=39073 The Truth Seeker [Publication of the Skeptical Society] May 1, 1886 p286 (15) 1886- MAY 22- "Thoughts," by Ivan Panin, recently announced, is now at hand (Boston : Cupples, Upham & Co.). The book is made up of 435 paragraphs, each containing a valuable thought, something after the style of the Proverbial Philosophy of Tupper and Solomon. The beauty of the thoughts is that they are mainly of a secular nature, and appeal to the reason instead of the sentiment- Source: http://dds.crl.edu/loadstream.asp?iid=39073 The Truth Seeker p334 (p64) 1887- JUL 8- Stays At Aquidneck Hotel Newport, Rhode Island 1887- JUL 22- Listed At Aquidneck House Newport, Rhode Island 2
1887- OCT- NUMERICAL STRUCTURE OF SCRIPTURE published by F. W. Grant 1888- Published: TRANSLATIONS FROM PUSHKIN 1889- JUN 18- MARRIES MIRIAM WHEELER, WELLESLEY, MA Source: Sixth Report of the Secretary. Harvard College JUN 24, 1908. Miriam E Wheeler Born in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA to Willard D. Wheeler and Sarah W. Forbush. Miriam E married Ivan Panin. Father: Willard D Wheeler Mother: Sarah W Wheeler 1889- JUL 22- Announces Soon To Be Published: LECTURES ON RUSSIAN LITERATURE 1889- Published: LECTURES ON RUSSIAN LITERATURE 1889- OCT 14- BOOKS RECEIVED NEW YORK HERALD 1889- NOV 19- A RUSSIAN INFIDEL BAPTIZED- MINNEAPOLIS MN Chicago, Nov. 18- A special dispatch from Minneapolis, Minn., says: Ivan Panin, the Russian littérateur, was baptized in the Central Baptist Church last evening after his renunciation of infidelity. For four years Panin has been gradually seeking the truth, as he expresses it, and his confusion has been so great as to lead him to contemplate suicide. All his life up to the time of his graduation from Harvard in 1884, (sic) Panin was an infidel. He came to Minneapolis a year ago to deliver a few lectures. Since becoming a Christian the Russian has renounced lecturing on worldly topics and will henceforth stick to the pulpit. In his address he said that three years ago, when struggling with his conscience and with thoughts of suicide constantly on his mind, he went to a world-famous preacher for relief. Instead of receiving bread, the minister gave him a stone, arguing with him on the subject of suicide. Although no name is mentioned, he is thought to refer to the Rev. Phillips Brooks. Source: The New York Times, November 19, 1889. 1890- JAN 26- LECTURES ON RUSSIAN LIT- NEW BOOKS NY HERALD 1890- CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY 1890- AUG 7- BIRTH OF ONLY SON: Ivan, Grafton, Mass. Dies in 1917. 1894- NUMBER IN SCRIPTURE published by E. W. Bullinger 1896- MAR 20- Panin, Ivan, 1855-. Ivan Panin letter to Thomas J. Kiernan, 1896 March 20.0.04 linear feet. Old gift, (recataloged from Slav 1455.1.55). Autograph File, P 1896- Donations to the Library: Ivan Panin, of Grafton, 45 volumes and 116 pamphlets, relating to Russian Nihilism. A collection of books on Nihilism, mostly given by Mr. Ivan Panin and Mr. Coolidge, numbers about a hundred volumes. 1897- Published: STRUCTURE AND AUTHORSHIP OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 3
1903- MAY 30- Published: APHORISMS Source: BOSTON IDEAS 1904- Published: BIBLE NUMERICS 1906- IVAN PANIN: Chairman Revision Committee of Public Schools, and Moderator Town Meeting, Grafton, Mass. Publications: Thoughts, 1886, 1887, 1899; Translations from Pushkin, 1888; Lectures on Russian Literature, 1889; Structure and Authorship of the New Testament, 1897; Aphorisms, 1903; Bible Numerics, 1904. Source:: The Harvard Crimson 1906 Publication of their graduates accomplishments between the years 1873 to 1906. 1907-25 th COLLEGE REUNION- PRESENT: IVAN PANIN, Lock Box 50, Grafton, Ma 1908- JUN 24- Sixth Report of the Secretary. Harvard College. PANIN, Ivan Nikolayevitsh Son of Nikolai Ivanovich and Marie (Rasumoffsky) Panin, was born at Twer, Russia, December 22, 1855, and was admitted to Harvard in September, 1878, and at that time entered in the college Book of Records that he was self-taught, that his residence was St. Petersburg, Russia, and that his father s occupation was Director of Police. Throughout his college course the annual catalogues gave his home address as Concord, Mass. Since graduation his life has been devoted chiefly to literary work, lecturing, newspaper editing, and somewhat to farming. He has published a number of books and pamphlets upon Russian literature and upon the Bible, and various philosophical subjects connected with religion. His lectures have been upon similar topics delivered before the Lowell Institute in Boston, in New York, and in many of the western cities. He has lived in Boston and at Grafton, an adjoining town to Worcester, Mass., and at the latter place has engaged in poultry raising. He was married, June 18, 1889, at Wellesley to Miriam Wheeler, a graduate of Wellesley College, and has one son, Ivan. He has made his home in Grafton, upon the place that has been in his wife s family for seven generations, and has been active in the educational affairs of the town. 1908- Publications of the Class of 1882, Harvard College: 1882-1908 1. The Revolutionary Movement in Russia. With Notes and Preface by Ivan Panin. 1881. 2. Thoughts. 1886. 3. Thoughts. Second Series, 1887. Revised edition in 1899. 4. Aleksandr Pushkin. Poems. Translated from the Russian, with Introduction and Notes, by Ivan Panin. 1888. 5. Lectures on Russian Literature, 1889. 6. The Structure of the Bible; Proof of the Verbal Inspiration of the Scripture. 1891. 7. Structure and Authorship of the New Testament. 1895. 4
8. Aphorisms. 1903. 9. Bible Numerics; a Periodical devoted to the Numerical Study of the Scriptures. 1904. Various leaflets and articles in magazines and newspapers; editor Daily Evening News, Framingham, Mass., 1898-99. 1914- Published: THE NEW TESTAMENT from the Greek text as established by Bible Numerics 1915- Quinquaennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University 1636-1915 Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press in the Two Hundred and Seventy- Ninth Year of the College 1915. Bachelors of Arts - Harvard University - Class of 1882: Ivan Nikolyevitsh Panin, cum laude Source: http://archive.is/wuky 1918- Published: THE WRITINGS OF IVAN PANIN 1923- Published: BIBLE CHRONOLOGY Source: Wikipedia 1927- Moves to Aldershot, Ontario, Canada CHURCH OF GOD SOJOURNING IN ALDERSHOT BUR v.f. Biography - Panin, Ivan Source: http://heritage.bpl.on.ca/localhist/burlindex/c.htm Source: http://theosophy.katinkahesselink.net/canadian/vol-23-9-c-theosophist.htm 1934- Published: THE NEW TESTAMENT in the original Greek 1935- Miriam E Wheeler listed as a resident of Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1937- Published: VERBAL INSPIRATION 1942- OCT 30- DIES IN TORONTO, Canada- Buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Ivan Panin, 86, widely-known Bible student and teacher, died early yesterday at his home at Aldershot. For 50 years he had been a student, writer and lecturer on Biblical criticism. As a young man, Mr. Panin was an agnostic, so well known that when he discarded his agnosticism and became a Christian, newspapers carried headlines telling of his conversion. He is survived by his widow. His only son died in 1917. Mr. Panin was born in Russia and was educated there and in Germany. In 1882 he received his A.B. degree from Harvard university, following which he lectured on Russian literature at Lowell university, Boston, Mass., in 1888. Later he delivered the same course in various cities of the U.S., and in 1890 discovered what is called the numeric structure of the Bible, and to the elaboration of this discovery his life since had been devoted. In 1934, he published the Numeric Greek Testament, which, with the exception of some spellings still to be adjusted, presents this established text. He has published numerous books, including the Writings of Ivan Panin, Once in Grace Always in Grace. The English Numeric New Testament and other works on Bible numerics and in defence of the faith have been printed from time to time, outstanding among which are: Bible Chronology; Established by Numerics; The Last Twelve Verses of Mark; Their 5
Genuineness Established, and The Inspiration of the Scriptures Scientifically Demonstrated, of which a copy was sent to every Protestant minister in Canada. Mr. Panin also delivered lectures in several cities in England in 1934. Since 1927 he had lived in Aldershot. The funeral was held from his home this afternoon and burial was in Mount Pleasant cemetery, Toronto. Hamilton Spectator, October 31 [1942] Source: Source: http://theosophy.katinkahesselink.net/canadian/vol-23-9-c- Theosophist.htm 1942-NOV-16- Mr. Ivan Panin, whose death is noted elsewhere, discovered an extraordinary numerical system in the Greek of the New Testament. The composition is built up in an incredible method of using all words in a septenary order, the letters following the same rule. It is open to anyone to prove it for himself. I thought I would test it on the Lord's Prayer, and sure enough there are 63 words and 315 letters, multiples of 7. Try and write an English paragraph with 63 words and 315 letters and with some sense in it, not to speak of such values as the New Testament provides, and the difficulty of composition of this kind will be evident. But the Church is not interested, and the occultists pooh-pooh it. What does the real student say? Source: THE CANADIAN THEOSOPHIST: VOL. XXIII., No, 9 Hamilton, November 16th, 1942., p281. Source: http://theosophy.katinkahesselink.net/canadian/vol-23-9-c-theosophist.htm 6