Background
Ladd, William Palmer was born on May 13, 1870 in Lancaster, New Hampshire, United States. Son of William Spencer and Mira Barnes (Fletcher) Ladd.
Ladd, William Palmer was born on May 13, 1870 in Lancaster, New Hampshire, United States. Son of William Spencer and Mira Barnes (Fletcher) Ladd.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1891. Studied at Oxford, Paris and Leipzig, 2 years. Bachelor of Divinity, General Theological Seminary, 1897.
Master of Arts, Harvard, 1903.
Doctor of Divinity, General Theological Seminary, Dartmouth, Wesleyan, 1919.
Deacon, 1897, priest, 1898, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Saint Barnabas Church, Berlin, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1897-1902. Professor church history, Berkeley Division School, since 1904, dean, since 1918.
Lecturer in church history, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1921-1925.
Chairman State Child Welfare Commission, 1919-1921. President American Theological Society, 1929.
Home: New Haven, Connecticut
Married Ailsie Taylor, of London, England., June 1916. Children: John Edward Taylor, Penelope, Persis Joan.