Rev. Eugene William Lyman, DD

Rev. Eugene William Lyman, DD

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American Professor and Theologian

Member American Philosophical Society, Theological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon.

Background

Lyman, Eugene William was born on April 4, 1872 in Cummington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Darwin Eugene and Julia Sarah (Stevens) Lyman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1894, Master of Arts, 1903. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1899. Hooker fellow at University of Halle, Berlin, and Marburg, 2 years.

South.T.D., Bowdoin, 1906.

Doctor of Divinity, Yale, 1912, Amherst, 1914.

Career

Instructor Latin, Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, 1894-1895, Lawrenceville (New Jersey) School, 1895-1896. Professor philosophy, Carleton College, Minnesota, 1901-1904. Professor theology Congressional College of Canada, Montreal, 1904-1905, Bangor (Maine) Theological Seminary, 1905-1913.

Professor philosophy of religion and Christian ethics, Oberlin School Theology, 1913-1918.

Professor philosophy of religion, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1918-1940, professor emeritus since 1940.

Achievements

Eugene William Lyman has been listed as a noteworthy theologian. by Marquis Who's Who.

Married Bertha Burton Thayer, June 1, 1899 (died November 9, 1924).
Married second, Mary Redington Ely, February 13, 1926.
Father: Darwin Eugene Lyman
Mother: Julia Sarah (Stevens) Lyman
Spouse: Mary Redington Ely
Spouse: Bertha Burton Thayer

Children:

Charles Eugene Lyman
Laura Frances Lyman