Background
Kitchin, William Copeman was born on September 7, 1855 in Saint George, Ontario. Son of Benjamin and Elsie (Copeman) Kitchin.
Kitchin, William Copeman was born on September 7, 1855 in Saint George, Ontario. Son of Benjamin and Elsie (Copeman) Kitchin.
Bachelor of Arts, Syracuse University, 1882, Master of Arts, 1884, Doctor of Philosophy, 1885. Student modern literature and history of art, graduate department Harvard, 1888-1892, Sorbonne, Paris, 1894.
Ordained 1882; missionary to Japan, under auspices of Mechanical Engineering Missionary Society, 1882-1888. Principal of an English school at Nagasaki, Japan, 1882-1885. Professor of English, Keiogi-jiku and Anglo-Japanese College, Tokyo, 1885-1888.
Returned to America under contract to prepare a series of textbooks for use in Japanese colleges
Instructor Boston University, 1891. Professor Romance languages and literature, University of Vermont, 1892-1900 (resigned on account of ill health).
General agent Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, 1900-1909. District manager Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, since 1909.
President Epworth League State of Vermont, 1888-1889.
Married Fanny Carlotta Furbeck, June 23, 1882.