Background
Horton, Walter Marshall was born on April 7, 1895 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Walter Emery and Clara Powers (Marshall) Horton.
Horton, Walter Marshall was born on April 7, 1895 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Walter Emery and Clara Powers (Marshall) Horton.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1917. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1920, School of Theology and Ministry, 1923. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1920, Doctor of Philosophy, 1926.
Student Sorbonne, Paris, universities Strasbourg and Marburg.
Honorary doctorate U. Strasbourg, 1953.
; married second, Marie Rankin, July 6, 1962. Ordained ministry Baptist Church, 1919. Instructor in philosophy of religion, systematic theology Union Theological Seminary, 1922-1925.
Associate professor systematic theology Oberlin Graduate School Theology, 1925-1926, Fairchild professor theology since 1926.
Ful-bright lecturer U. Strasbourg, 1952.
Member American Theological Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lidie Loring Chick, May 20, 1919 (deceased. Married second, Marie Rankin, July 6, 1962.