Background
Long, William Joseph was born on April 3, 1866 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Denis and Catherine (Burke) Long.
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William Joseph Long
William Joseph Long, American clergyman.
Education
Graduate Bridgewater (Massachusetts) State Normal School, 1887. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1892. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1895.
Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Heidelberg, 1897.
University of Paris and Rome, 1897-1898.
Career
Ordained to Congressional ministry, 1899. Pastor First Church, Stamford, Connecticut, 1899-1904. Pastor at large, since 1904.
Lecturer on nature, animal life, and literature Made notable defense of ministerial liberty at Cambridge (Massachusetts) Council, 1898.
Author: The Making of Zimri Bunker, 1898. Ways of Wood Folk. 1899.
Wilderness Ways, 1900. Beasts of the Field, 1901.
Fowls of the Air, 1901.
Secrets of the Woods, 1901. School of the Woods, 1902. Following the Deer, 1903.
A Little Brother to the Bear, 1903.
Northern Trails, 1905. Brier Patch Philosophy, 1906.
Whose Home Is the Wilderness, 1907. History of English Literature, 1909.
American Literature, 1913.
How Animals Talk, 1919. Wood Folk Comedies, 1920. America—History of Our Country, 1923.
Mother Nature, 1923.
Home: Stamford, Connecticut Deceased.
Achievements
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William Joseph Long has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.
Connections
Married Frances Marsh Bancroft, September 5, 1900. Children: Lois Bancroft, Frances Kittredge, Brian Bancroft.
- Father:
- Denis Long
- Mother:
- Catherine (Burke) Long
- Spouse:
- Frances Marsh Bancroft
- child:
- Frances Kittredge Long
- child:
- Lois Bancroft Long
- child:
- Brian Bancroft Long
