Hugh Hartshorne

Background

Hartshorne, Hugh was born on November 13, 1885 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Davis and Eliza J. (Cutler) Hartshorne.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1907. Master of Arts, Yale, 1910. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale Division School, 1911 (traveling fellow).

Studied Union Theological Seminary and Columbia, 1911-1913, Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Columbia, 1913.

Career

1 son, Hugh Wickersham. Instructor religious education, Union Theological Seminary, 1913-1915, assistant professor, 1915-1922, also principal Union School of Religion, 1912-1922. Professor religious education, University of Southern California, 1922-1924.

Research associate Character education Inquiry, Teachers’ College (Columbia), 1924-1929. Research associate in religion, Yale, 1929-1951, professor of psychology of religion since 1951. Ordained Congleton ministry, 1913.

Director Friends of Boys, Inc.

Membership

Member Religious Education Association (president 1935-1939.

Connections

Married Margaret Curtis, June 28, 1913 (died October 14, 1918). Married second, Evangeline Belle Wickersham, June 15, 1920.

Father:

William Davis Hartshorne

Mother:

Eliza J. (Cutler) Hartshorne

Spouse:

Margaret Curtis

Spouse:

Evangeline Belle Wickersham