Background
Foote, Henry Wilder was born on February 2, 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Wilder and Frances Anne (Eliot) Foote.
Foote, Henry Wilder was born on February 2, 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Wilder and Frances Anne (Eliot) Foote.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1897, Master of Arts, 1900, Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 1902. South.T.D., Pacific Untarian School for Ministry, 1929. Doctor of Divinity, Meadville Theological School, 1941.
Ordained, 1902; pastor First Church, New Orleans, 1902-1906. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1906-1910. Secretary department education, American Unitarian Association, 1909-1914.
Assistant professor preaching and parish administration, secretary faculty Harvard Division School, 1914-1924.
Executive secretary Centenary Commission American Unitarian Association, 1924-1925. Pastor First Church, Belmont (Massachusetts), 1924-1940, pastor emeritus, since 1940.
Pastor Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1943-1945.
Member of the board of trustees Hampton (Virginia) Institute. Member Hymn Society American (president 1941-1942), Massachusetts History Society, Colonial Society Massachusetts, American Antiquarian Society. Clubs: Union (Boston).
Married Eleanor Tyson Cope, June 22, 1903. Children: H. Wilder, Agnes Cope, Arthur, Caleb, Elizabeth Stewardson.