Background
Boynton, Richard Wilson was born on September 24, 1870 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Henry and Margaret Anna (Church) Boynton.
Boynton, Richard Wilson was born on September 24, 1870 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Henry and Margaret Anna (Church) Boynton.
Graduate Meadville Theological School, 1895. Postgraduate Division School Harvard, 1898, Jena, Germany, 1907. Doctor of Divinity, Meadville, 1920.
Master of Arts, University Buffalo, 1923.
November 1938); children—Margaret Barton (Mistress F. C. Southworth, Junior), Mary Bradford (Mistress Robert Parke). Married second, Elizabeth Crosby Hoyt, May 27, 1940. Ordained to ministry Unitarian Church, 1895.
Pastor Roslindale, Boston, 1895-1900, Unity Church, St. Paul, 1900-1907, 1st Church, Buffalo, 1908-1926, 37-42, pastor emeritus, since 1943. Shaw lecturer Meadville Theological School, 1910-1912, trustee, 1908-1927. Lecturer philosophy and sociology U. Buffalo, 1920-1923, professor philosophy, 1923-1957, professor emeritus, since 1957.
President Federated Alumni U. Buffalo, 1925-1926.
Author: The Vital Issues of the War, 1918. Beyond Mythology, 1951. Translator: My Duel with the Vatican (Alfred Loisy), 1924.
Member American Association University Professors, Mind Association (England), American Philosophical Association, Alumni Association U. Buffalo (president 1926-1929), International Phenomenological Society, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard, Thursday.
Married Harriet Belle Barton, August 7, 1895 (deceased.; married second, Elizabeth Crosby Hoyt, May 27, 1940. Children: Margaret Barton (Mistress.