William Wallace Fenn (February 12, 1862 – March 6, 1932) was a Unitarian minister and a dean of Harvard Divinity School. He served the First Unitarian Church of Chicago from 1890–1901.
William Wallace Fenn | |
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| Born | February 12, 1862 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 6, 1932 (aged 70) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Education | Harvard Divinity School |
| Occupation(s) | Clergyman, educator |
| Spouse |
Faith Huntington Fisher
(m. 1891) |
| Children | 5 |
He gave the 1921 The Ingersoll Lectures on Human Immortality.
Biography
editWilliam Wallace Fenn was born in Boston on February 12, 1862.[1][2] He graduated from Harvard in 1884 and received an AM and STB (bachelor of sacred theology) from the Divinity School in 1887.[3]
He married Faith Huntington Fisher in 1891, daughter of Ellen Thayer Fisher, and they had five children.[2]
References
edit- ^ William Wallace Fenn.
- ^ a b c "Dr William W. Fenn of Harvard Dead". The Boston Globe. March 7, 1932. p. 15. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ William Wallace Fenn | Harvard Divinity School Library
External links
edit- The papers of William Wallace Fenn are in the Harvard Divinity School Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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