Norman Vincent Peale

==Early life and education==
[[File:World War I Draft Registration Card for Norman Vincent Peale - NARA - 641782.gif|thumb|150px|Peale's World War I draft card]]
Peale was born in [[Bowersville, Ohio]] on May 31, 1898,<ref name = BritConciseEncycl_NVP>{{cite encyclopedia |author = Eds. Encycl. Brit. | date=2008 | title=Norman Vincent Peale | encyclopedia=Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | location = Chicago, Ill. | publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. | page =1462 | isbn = 9781593394929 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ea-bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1462 | access-date = January 26, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/26/obituaries/norman-vincent-peale-preacher-of-gospel-optimism-dies-at-95.html|title=Norman Vincent Peale, Preacher of Gospel Optimism, Dies at 95|last=Vecsey|first=George|date=December 26, 1993|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 10, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> the eldest of three sons of Charles and Anna (née Delaney) Peale.{{citation needed|date = January 2022}} Charles was a physician-turned-Methodist minister in southern Ohio,<ref name=":0"/> and as such, his three sons were raised as [[Methodist]]s.{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}

Peale graduated from [[Bellefontaine High School]], [[Bellefontaine, Ohio]] in 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesgazette.com/2022/01/06/peale-had-highland-co-ties/|title=Peale had Highland Co. Ties|last=Wolgamott|first=Jackie|date=January 6, 2022|website=The Times-Gazette|access-date=December 8, 2023}}</ref> He attended and earned a degree at [[Ohio Wesleyan University]],<ref name=":0"/><ref name = BritConciseEncycl_NVP/> where he became a brother at the [[Phi Gamma Delta]] fraternity.{{citation needed|date = January 2022}} He also began to attend [[Boston University School of Theology]].<ref name=":0"/>