Background
Schaff, David Schley was born on October 17, 1852 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Philip S. (president American committee for revision of authorized version of the Bible).
Schaff, David Schley was born on October 17, 1852 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Philip S. (president American committee for revision of authorized version of the Bible).
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1873. Doctor of Divinity, Illinois College, 1891, University of Geneva, 1909.
Church history, Lane Seminary, 1897-1903. Professor ecclesiastical history and history doctrine, Western Theological Seminary, 1903-1925. Lecturer on American church history, Union Theological Seminary, 1925-1929.
Delaware of Presbyterian General Assembly to the celebration of the 400th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth in Prague and Geneva, 1909, and Pan-Presbyterian Council, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1913.
Author: Commentary on Acts, 1882. Life of Philip Schaff, 1897.
Our Fathers’ Faith and Ours, 1928. Company-editor: Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia (4 volumes), 1883.
History of the Christian Church, volunteer 1, 1050-1294, 1907, volunteer 2, 1294-1517, 1910.
John Huss—His Life, Teachings and Death—After Five Hundred Years, 1915. The Church—a Treatise by John Huss, translation, with notes, 1915. The Reformation and Its Influence, 1917.
Chairman committee.
Married Lue M. Haynes. Married second, Ella Andrews. Children: Philip H., Walter, Paul East., Norman, Mary Louise, Harold H., David South. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1877.