Background
Lyman, Eugene William was born on April 4, 1872 in Cummington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Darwin Eugene and Julia Sarah (Stevens) Lyman.
Lyman, Eugene William was born on April 4, 1872 in Cummington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Darwin Eugene and Julia Sarah (Stevens) Lyman.
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.
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.
Member American Philosophical Society, Theological Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon.
Married Bertha Burton Thayer, June 1, 1899 (died November 9, 1924). Married second, Mary Redington Ely, February 13, 1926. Children: Charles Eugene, Laura Frances.