Background
Young, Theodore Cuyler was born on August 16, 1900 in Moosic, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Sylvester Wylie and Edna (McCune) Young.
Young, Theodore Cuyler was born on August 16, 1900 in Moosic, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Sylvester Wylie and Edna (McCune) Young.
Bachelor of Arts, College of Wooster (Ohio), 1922, Doctor of Letters, 1960. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1925, Th.B., 1925. Fellow Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1935-1938.
1 son, Theodore Cuyler. Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1925. Assistant minister First Church, Cortland, New York, 1925-1927.
Teacher, pastor Board Foreign Missions Presbyterian Church United States of America, Resht, Iran, 1927-1935.
Assistant minister First Church, Chicago, 1936-1938. Lecturer Victoria College U. Toronto, Canada, 1938-1939, assistant professor semitics, 1939-1942, associate professor, 1942-1947.
Associate professor Persian language, history Princeton, 1947-1953, Horatio Whitredge Garrett professor, 1953-1969, professor emeritus, 1969-1976, department chairman Oriental studies, 1954-1969, director program Near Eastern studies, 1954-1962. Lecturer summer sessions School Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins, 1947-1949, 53.
Visiting professor of history U. Nairobi (Kenya), 1969-1971, University Texas, 1975.
Member of committee Islamic culture American Council Learned Societies, 1949-1974. Member American Friends of Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Executive Board 1950-1976, president 1953-1963), American Oriental Society, American Institute Iranian Studies (president 1971-1973), American Association for Middle East Studies, Council Foreign Relations, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho.
Married Helen Augusta Clarke, June 27, 1933.