Background
Wilkinson, William Cleaver was born on October 19, 1833 in Westford, Vermont, United States. Son of Doctor Thomas and Sarah (Cleaver) Wilkinson.
Wilkinson, William Cleaver was born on October 19, 1833 in Westford, Vermont, United States. Son of Doctor Thomas and Sarah (Cleaver) Wilkinson.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Rochester, 1857, Master of Arts, 1863. Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1859. The Sorbonne and College de France, Paris.
(Doctor of Divinity, University of Rochester, 1873.
Doctor of Laws, Baylor University, 1904).
Professor J. F. Richardson of University of Rochester, 1863. Father of Florence Wilkinson Evans. ordained Baptist ministry, 1859. Pastor Second Church, New Haven, 1859-1861.
Professor ad interim modern languages, University of Rochester, 1863-1864.
Afterward pastor Mount Auburn Baptist Church, Cincinnati, relinquished pastoral work because of failing health. Professor homiletics and pastoral theology, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1872-1881.
In literature work, 1883-1892. Professor poetry and criticism, University of Chicago, since 1892.
Counselor Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle.
Adjunct lecturer, Wellesley College, 1883-1884, Baylor University, Texas, 1907. Author: The Dance of Modern Society, 1868. A Free Lance in the Field of Life and Letters, 1874.
The Baptist Principle, 1881, 1897.
Poems, 1883; Edwin Arnold as Poetizer and as Paganizer, 1885. College Latin Course in English.
Classic French Course in English, 1886. Classic German Course in English, 1887 (revised under title, Wilkinson’s Foreign Classics, 6 volumes, 1900).
Poetical Works, uniform edit, 5 volumes
(1) Epic of Saul, (2) Epic of Paul, (3, 4) Epic of Moses, (5) Poems, 1905. Modern Masters of Pulpit Discourse, 1905. Some New Literary Valuations, 1909.
The Good of Life and Other Little Essays, 1910.
Daniel Webster, A Vindication, with Other Historical Essays, 1911. Paul and the Revolt Against Him, 1914.
Concerning Jesus Christ the Son of God, 1916. Concerning Jesus Christ the Son of Manitoba, 1918.
Wrote Life of Jesus, in People's Bible History, 1895.
Married Harriet South., daughter