Background
Doane, William Croswell was born on March 2, 1832 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Washington D. (2d bishop New Jersey) and Eliza Greene (Callahan) D.
Doane, William Croswell was born on March 2, 1832 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Washington D. (2d bishop New Jersey) and Eliza Greene (Callahan) D.
Bachelor of Arts, Burlington (New Jersey) College, 1850, A.M., 1852. A.M., Trinity College, 1863. (Doctor of Divinity, Columbia, 1867, Trinity, 1886, Oxford, England, 1888.
Dublin U., Ireland, 1901. S.T.D., Hobart, 1890. Doctor of Laws, Union, 1880, Cambridge, England, 1888, Hobart, 1890, University of Pennsylvania, 1902.
Doctor of Civil Law, Union).
Deacon, 1853, priest, 1856, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, New Jersey, 1853-1860, St. John’s, Hartford, Connecticut, 1860-1864, St. Peter’s, Albany, 1867-1869. Consecrated bishop of Albany, February 2, 1869.
Adjunct Professor of English literature, Burlington College, 1854-1860. Lecturer English literature, Trinity, 1863-1867. Visitor, since 1869, trustee, 1870-1879, honorary chancellor, 1889, Hobart.
Founded St. Agnes School, Albany, 1870. Regent, since 1892, chancellor, till 1909, University of State of New York, Albany.
Married Sarah Katharine Condit, November 7, 1853.