Background
Butler, Pierce was born on December 19, 1886 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, United States. Son of John Pierce and Eva Content (Whipple) Butler.
Butler, Pierce was born on December 19, 1886 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, United States. Son of John Pierce and Eva Content (Whipple) Butler.
Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1906, Master of Arts, 1910. Doctor of Letters, 1944. Graduate study Columbia and Union Theological Seminary.
Bachelor of Divinity, Hartford (Connecticut) Theological Seminary, 1910, research fellow, 1910-1912, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912.
Priest, Protestant Episcopal Church, 1940. Reference assistant Newberry Library, 1916, head of book selection, 1917-1919, custodian Wing Foundation in Typographical History, 1919-1931. Lecturer on history of printing and biblog. method.
University of Chicago, 1928-1931, professor library history since 1931.
Assistant Saint Paul’s Church, Chicago, 1938-1944.
Mason.; Clubs: University, Caxton, Cliff Dwellers, Quadrangle. Member editorial board The Library Quarterly.
Married Ruth Lapham, June 29, 1926.