George Barker Stevens (July 13, 1854 - June 22, 1906) was an American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman, theologian, author, educator, and Yale Divinity School professor.
In 1883, he pursued a post-graduate course at Syracuse University where he earned his Ph.D. Illinois College awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1902, and the University of Rochester awarded him a Doctorate in Law the same year.
[1] On his return from Germany, he was called to the position of professor of New Testament criticism at Yale Divinity School, a position he held from 1886 to 1895, when he was chosen to fill the chair of systematic theology, which he held until his death in New Haven on June 22, 1906.
On November 23, 1880, a few months after graduating from Yale, Stevens married Kate Abell Mattison of Oswego, New York.
He enjoyed outdoor sports and served on the boards of the Yale National Bank in New Haven, and the E. H. H. Smith Silver Company of Bridgeport.