Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Joseph Franklin Rutherford, also known as "Judge" Rutherford, was the second president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. He played a primary role in the organization and doctrinal development of Jehovah's Witnesses, which emerged from the Bible Student movement established by Charles Taze Russell...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 November 1869
CountryUnited States of America
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