Background
Taylor, Graham was born on May 2, 1851 in Schenectady, New York, United States. Son of Review William James Romeyn and Katharine (Cowenhoven) Taylor.
Taylor, Graham was born on May 2, 1851 in Schenectady, New York, United States. Son of Review William James Romeyn and Katharine (Cowenhoven) Taylor.
Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers College, 1870, Master of Arts, 1873. Graduate Reformed Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1873. (Doctor of Divinity, Rutgers, 1888.
Doctor of Laws, Illinois College, 1897, Rutgers, 1916, Knox, 1921).
Ordained (Dutch) Reformed ministry, 1873. Pastor Reformed Church, Hopewell, Dutchess County, New York, 1873-1880, Fourth Congressional Church, Hartford, Connecticut, 1880-1892. Professor practical theology, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1888-1892.
Professor social economics, Chicago Theological Seminary, since 1892.
Founder and resident warden, Chicago Commons Social Settlement, since 1894. President Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, 1903-1920.
Associate editor The Survey. Editorial contributor Chicago Daily News.
Author: Religion in Social Action, 1913.
Pioneering on Social Frontiers, 1930. Chicago Commons Through Forty Years, 1936. Chairman Selective Service Local Board, Division 39, Chicago, 1917-1919, and Bureau for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, 1919.
Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Married Leah Demarest, 1873 (died 1918). Married second, Mistress. Children: Helen Demarest (Mistress George Wallace Carr), Graham Romeyn, Lea Demarest, Katharine.