Background
Urban, Percy Linwood was born on June 3, 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Abram Linwood and Emma Louise (Trexler) Urban.
Urban, Percy Linwood was born on June 3, 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review Abram Linwood and Emma Louise (Trexler) Urban.
Student William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1906, Master of Arts, 1907, fellow, 1907-1910. South.T.D. (honorary), Berkeley Division School, 1935.
Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Kenyon College, 1954.
Formerly professor philosophy Saint John's University, Shanghai, China, master Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.) Ordained to ministry, Protestant Episcopal Church, 1914, assistant minister Saint Peter’s Church, Germantown, Philadelphia. Rector Saint John's Church, North Haven, Connecticut, 1924-1941.
Lecturer theology Berkeley Division School, Yale, 1923-1935, associate professor, 1935-1941, professor systematic theology, 1941, dean since 1947. Visiting professor theology Philadelphia Division School, 1944-1946.
Honorary canon Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, Connecticut, 1950-1974.
Member theological commission General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church.
Member theological commission General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church. Member American Theological Society, American Philosophical Association Beta Kappa. Club: Graduates (New Haven).
Married Mary Robinson Hodge, June 10, 1922. Children: Percy Linwood, Margaret Hodge, Hugh Bayard.