Background
Woodward, Edmund Lee was born on January 29, 1873 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Warner Minor and Mary Eliza Kennedy (Stewart) Woodward.
Woodward, Edmund Lee was born on January 29, 1873 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Warner Minor and Mary Eliza Kennedy (Stewart) Woodward.
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1896, Doctor of Medicine 1897. Graduate Polyclinic Post-Graduate School, Philadelphia, 1899. Bachelor of Divinity, Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1910, Doctor of Divinity, 1943.
Missionary Protestant Episcopal Church, China, 1899-1914. Founded Saint James Hospital, Anking, 1900, director until 1907, also consultant until 1914. Deacon, 1909, priest, 1910, Protestant Episcopal Church.
First dean Cathedral of Our Saviour, Anking, 1910-1914.
Rector Grace Church, The Plains, Virginia, 1914-1921. Dean Piedmont Convocation, Diocese of Virginia, 1916-1917, 1920-1921.
Dean Richmond Convocation, 1922-1923. Dean Valley Convocation, 1935-1937.
Dean, 1921-1928, and charter trustee, since 1919, Church Schools in Diocese of Virginia, Incorporated., Protestant Episcopal Church.
Founder Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration, 1925, rector, 1925-1941. Founder and director Shrine Mont (center for devotion and fellowship), Orkney Springs, since 1928. Editor: The Virginia Churchman, 1922-1928.
Member Phi Theta Psi, Pi Museum. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).
Married Frances Peyton Gibson, daughter Children: David Stuart, John Minor.