Background
Haydon, Albert Eustace was born on January 17, 1880 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Son of Albert Edward and Sarah Ann (Coggins) Haydon.
author professor of history of religions
Haydon, Albert Eustace was born on January 17, 1880 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Son of Albert Edward and Sarah Ann (Coggins) Haydon.
Student Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, 1897-1898. Bachelor of Arts, McMaster University of Toronto, Canada, 1901, Bachelor of Theology, 1903, Master of Arts, 1907, Bachelor of Divinity, 1906. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1918.
Came to the United States to reside, 1916. Ordained to ministry of Baptist Church, 1903. Pastor Dresden, Ontario, 1903-1904, Fort William, Ontario, 1904-1909, First Baptist Church, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1911-1913.
General secretary Young Men's Christian Association, Saskatoon, 1913-1916.
Pastor First Unitarian Church, Madison, Wisconsin, 1918-1924. With department comparative religion University of Chicago, 1919-1975, professor since 1929, department chairman, 1921-1945, emeritus, 1945-1975.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association University professors, American Oriental Society, Chicago Ethical Society (leader). Club: Quadrangle (University of Chicago).
Married Edith Elizabeth Jones, December 28, 1904. Children: Harold Emerson, Edward Morgan, Brownlee Walker.