A well-known artist, author, and humanist, he spent most of his life in Georgia.
Atkins learned how to create stained glass art as a Trappist monk at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers; the monastery features some of his windows. Atkins later left the monastery and earned a doctorate in literature and theology from Emory University in Atlanta.
A longtime member of the Atlanta Audubon Society, he wrote articles and created art for the society's newsletter for sixteen years.
Atkins died from liver cancer on September 10, 1999.
Bio Source: Brady, James. "Anselm Atkins (1934-1999)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 15 January 2016. Web. 03 January 2020.
Note: My husband's parents, Ian and Dorothy Ann Hoffmann Black, knew Mr. Atkins well and we are very fortunate to have a large piece of his stained glass artwork. According to a death notice for Dr. Atkins published in the Atlanta Constitution on 11 Sept 1999, page 22, a memorial service was held at 3 pm on Sept. 18, 1999 at 2525 McKinnon Drive with Wages & Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain, Ga in charge of arrangements.
Atkins learned how to create stained glass art as a Trappist monk at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers; the monastery features some of his windows. Atkins later left the monastery and earned a doctorate in literature and theology from Emory University in Atlanta.
A longtime member of the Atlanta Audubon Society, he wrote articles and created art for the society's newsletter for sixteen years.
Atkins died from liver cancer on September 10, 1999.
Bio Source: Brady, James. "Anselm Atkins (1934-1999)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 15 January 2016. Web. 03 January 2020.
Note: My husband's parents, Ian and Dorothy Ann Hoffmann Black, knew Mr. Atkins well and we are very fortunate to have a large piece of his stained glass artwork. According to a death notice for Dr. Atkins published in the Atlanta Constitution on 11 Sept 1999, page 22, a memorial service was held at 3 pm on Sept. 18, 1999 at 2525 McKinnon Drive with Wages & Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain, Ga in charge of arrangements.
A well-known artist, author, and humanist, he spent most of his life in Georgia.
Atkins learned how to create stained glass art as a Trappist monk at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers; the monastery features some of his windows. Atkins later left the monastery and earned a doctorate in literature and theology from Emory University in Atlanta.
A longtime member of the Atlanta Audubon Society, he wrote articles and created art for the society's newsletter for sixteen years.
Atkins died from liver cancer on September 10, 1999.
Bio Source: Brady, James. "Anselm Atkins (1934-1999)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 15 January 2016. Web. 03 January 2020.
Note: My husband's parents, Ian and Dorothy Ann Hoffmann Black, knew Mr. Atkins well and we are very fortunate to have a large piece of his stained glass artwork. According to a death notice for Dr. Atkins published in the Atlanta Constitution on 11 Sept 1999, page 22, a memorial service was held at 3 pm on Sept. 18, 1999 at 2525 McKinnon Drive with Wages & Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain, Ga in charge of arrangements.
Atkins learned how to create stained glass art as a Trappist monk at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers; the monastery features some of his windows. Atkins later left the monastery and earned a doctorate in literature and theology from Emory University in Atlanta.
A longtime member of the Atlanta Audubon Society, he wrote articles and created art for the society's newsletter for sixteen years.
Atkins died from liver cancer on September 10, 1999.
Bio Source: Brady, James. "Anselm Atkins (1934-1999)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 15 January 2016. Web. 03 January 2020.
Note: My husband's parents, Ian and Dorothy Ann Hoffmann Black, knew Mr. Atkins well and we are very fortunate to have a large piece of his stained glass artwork. According to a death notice for Dr. Atkins published in the Atlanta Constitution on 11 Sept 1999, page 22, a memorial service was held at 3 pm on Sept. 18, 1999 at 2525 McKinnon Drive with Wages & Sons Funeral Home, Stone Mountain, Ga in charge of arrangements.
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