Background
Gardner, William Edward was born on March 22, 1872 in Sherborn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Brown and Harriet (Eaton) Gardner.
Gardner, William Edward was born on March 22, 1872 in Sherborn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Brown and Harriet (Eaton) Gardner.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1895, Doctor of Divinity, 1915. Bachelor of Divinity, Episcopal Theological School, 1898.
Deacon, 1898, priest, 1898, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Church of Holy Name, Swampscott, Massachusetts, 1898-1903, Christ Church, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1903-1908, St. James Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1908-1910. N.E. secretary Board Foreign and Domestic Missions, Protestant Episcopal Church, Boston, 1910-1912.
General secretary General Board Religious Education of Protestant Episcopal Church, New York, November, 1912-1920, executive secretary nat. department religious education, 1920-1926. Assistant minister Trinity Church, Boston.
Member Theta Delta Chi. Club: University.
Married Mary Tracy, September 14, 1898.