Background
Norwood, Robert was born on March 27, 1874 in New Ross, Nova Scoti. Son of Joseph William and Edith Matilda (Harding) Norwood.
Norwood, Robert was born on March 27, 1874 in New Ross, Nova Scoti. Son of Joseph William and Edith Matilda (Harding) Norwood.
Bachelor of Arts, University of King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scoti, 1897, Master of Arts, 1902, Doctor of Civil Law, 1921. Post-graduate work in philosophy, Columbia, 1908-1910. Doctor of Literature, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scoti, 1924.
South.T.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1926.
Doctor of Divinity, Rollins College, 1929.
Deacon, 1897, priest, 1898, Protestant Episcopal Church. Missionary, Saint Andrew’s Church, Neil’s Harbor, Cape Breton, 1898-1899. Curate Saint Luke’s Church, Hubbards, Nova Scoti, 1899-1901.
Rector Trinity Church, Bridgewater, Nova Scoti, 1901-1907, All Saints Church, Spring Hill, 1908-1910.
Assistant rector Trinity Church, Montreal, Canada, 1910-1912. Rector Memorial Church, London, Ontario, 1912-1917, Saint Paul’s Church, Overbrook, Philadelphia, 1917-1925, Saint Bartholomew’s Church, New York, since 1925.
Naturalized citizen of the United States, 1923. Author: His Lady of the Sonnets, 1915.
The Witch of Endor, 1916.
The Piper and the Reed, 1917. The Modernists, 1918. The Manitoba of Kerioth, 1919.
Bill Boram, 1921.
Mother and Son, 1925. The Heresy of Antioch, 1928. The Steep Ascent, 1928.
The Manitoba Who Dared to Be God, 1929.
His Glorious Body, 1930. Issa, 1931. Home: New York, New New York
Married Ethel McKeen, September 12, 1899. Children: Aileen, Jean, Robert Edmund (deceased).