William Henry Lyon

Background

Lyon, William Henry was born on December 23, 1846 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry and Julia Ann (Wilbur) Lyon.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1868. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Harvard, 1873. (Doctor of Divinity, Brown, 1896).

Career

Ordained Unitarian ministry, 1873. Minister First Society, Ellsworth, Maine, 1873-1878, Mount Pleasant and All Souls’ churches, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1880-1896, First Parish, Brookline, Massachusetts, since 1896(now senior minister). Councillor Hungarian Unitarian Synod.

Secretary National Unitarian Conference.

President Unitarian South.S. Society, Brookline Education Society. Author: A Study of the Sects, 1891.

Early Old Testament Narratives, 1893. Later Old Testament Narratives, 1905.

Achievements

• William Henry Lyon has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Louise Dennison, April.

Father:

Henry Lyon

Mother:

Julia Ann (Wilbur) Lyon

Spouse:

Louise Dennison