Background
Bishop, William Warner was born on July 20, 1871 in Hannibal, Missouri, United States. Son of William Melanchthon and Harriette Anna (Warner) Bishop.
Bishop, William Warner was born on July 20, 1871 in Hannibal, Missouri, United States. Son of William Melanchthon and Harriette Anna (Warner) Bishop.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1892 (Phi Beta Kappa), Master of Arts, 1893. Fellow American School Classical Studies in Rome, 1898-1899. Doctor of Letters, Miami University, 1926, New York University, 1927, Columbia, 1930, Catholic University of America, 1939.
Doctor of Laws, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1928, University of Western Ontario, 1932.
Doctor of Literature, National University of Ireland, 1937. Doctor of Laws, Ohio Wesleyan, 1937.
1 son, William Warner. Professor Greek, Missouri Wesleyan College, Cameron, Missouri, 1893-1894. Instructor in New Testament and assistant librarian, Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois, 1895-1898.
Librarian and instructor in Latin, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, 1899-1902.
Head cataloguer, Princeton University Library, 1902-1904. Reference librarian, same, 1904-1907.
Superintendent Reading Room, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, 1907-1915. Librarian, University of Michigan, 1915-1941, emeritus.
Chairman Advisory Group on College Libraries, Carnegie Corporation, 1928-1934, chairman Advisory Group on Junior College Libraries, 1935-1937, chairman Advisory Group on Academic Libraries, 1939-1943.
Vice president International Federal library association, 1929-1931, president, 1931-1936, honorary president since 1936. Chairman Board on Resources on American Libraries. American Library Association, 1936-1938.
Consultant since 1939.
Member American Library Association (president 1918-1919), Bibliographic Society America (president 1921-1923), library association of China (honorary). Member Argentine Association of Librarians, 1941. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Finie Murfree Burton, June 28, 1905.