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William Wallace Fenn

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William Wallace Fenn
Born(1862-02-12)February 12, 1862
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 6, 1932(1932-03-06) (aged 70)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
EducationHarvard Divinity School
Occupation(s)Clergyman, educator
Spouse
Faith Huntington Fisher
(m. 1891)
Children5

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.

He gave the 1921 The Ingersoll Lectures on Human Immortality.

Biography

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William 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]

He died at his home in Cambridge on March 6, 1932.[2]

References

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  1. ^ William Wallace Fenn.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ William Wallace Fenn | Harvard Divinity School Library
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