Background
Capen, Edward Warren was born on September 24, 1870 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States. Son of of Samuel Billings and Helen Maria (Warren) C.
Capen, Edward Warren was born on September 24, 1870 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States. Son of of Samuel Billings and Helen Maria (Warren) C.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1894. Doctor of Divinity, 1935. Graduate Hartford Theological Seminary, 1898.
Columbia, 1898-1901, Doctor of Philosophy, 1904.
Seminary, 1902-1915; Thompson lecturer on missions, 1909, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18. In history researches for American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1904-1907. In special sociological and missionary research in the far East, 1907-1909.
Member of commission (preparation of missionaries) World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, 1910, International Commision on Training Schools for Missionaries, 1910-1922, Board of Missionary Preparation for United States and Canada, 1911-1922.
Secretary 1911-1919; instructor sociology, 1911-1914, associate professor, 1914-1917, professor, dean, 1919-1939, emeritus since 1939, Kennedy School of Missions. Assistant recording sec, A.B.D.F.M. 1915-1944.
Chairman training school section of Religious Education Association, 1919-1920. Chairman Association of Institutions engaged in Missionary Training, 1920-1922.
Ordained Congressional minister, May 13, 1912.
Lecturer on missions, L. H. Severance Foundation, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, 1912.
Member American Sociological Society, et cetera Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lydia Elizabeth Sanderson, October 6, 1904.