Background
Candler, Warren A. was born on August 23, 1857 in Carroll Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Samuel Charles and Martha (Beall) Candler.
Candler, Warren A. was born on August 23, 1857 in Carroll Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Samuel Charles and Martha (Beall) Candler.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory College, 1875 (Doctor of Divinity, 1888, Doctor of Laws, 1897).
Entered North Georgia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1875. Continued in pastorate until July 1886. President Emory College, 1888-1898.
Bishop Methodist Episcopal Church, South, since 1898.
Assistant editor Christian Advocate, Nashville (organ Methodist Episcopal Church, South), 1886-1888. Delaware General conferences, 1886, 90, 94, 98, Ecumenical Conference, 1891, 1911.
Chancellor of Emory University, 1914-1921. Author: Christus Auctor, 1899.
High Living and High Lives, 1901.
Great Revivals and the Great Republic, 1905. Practical Studies in the Fourth Gospel, 1913. Life of Thomas Coke, 1923.
Current Comments on Timely Topics, 1926.
Life of Bishop Charles B. Galloway, 1927. The Christ and The Creed, 1927.
Easter Meditations, 1930. Young J. Allen, the Manitoba Who Seeded China, 1931.
Home: Atlanta, Georgia.
Married Nettie Curtright, November 21, 1877. Children: Mistress Annie Florence Sledd, John Curtright, Samuel Charles, Warren Akin (deceased), Emory Candler (deceased).