Background
Allen, Ira Wilder was born on July 15, 1865 in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Son of Ira Wilder and Lydia Reed (Ford) Allen.
Allen, Ira Wilder was born on July 15, 1865 in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Son of Ira Wilder and Lydia Reed (Ford) Allen.
Allen Academy, Chicago. Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1884 (class poet), Master of Arts, 1887. Graduate McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1895.
(Doctor of Divinity, Blackburn University, 1911).
Teacher Latin, Greek, German and English literature, Allen Academy, 1884-1890. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1895. Pastor Central Church, Rock Island, Illinois, 1895-1900.
Assistant in homiletics, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1901-1903.
Professor of English literature and dean Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, 1904-1906. Pastor Paris, Illinois, since 1906.
Member Delta Upsilon.
Married Emily Rose Elmore, June 26, 1889.