Background
Lawrence, William Mangam was born on May 11, 1848 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William Spencer and Mary Jane (Mangam) Lawrence.
Lawrence, William Mangam was born on May 11, 1848 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William Spencer and Mary Jane (Mangam) Lawrence.
B.P., Colgate, 1870, A.M., 1876. Graduate Hamilton Theological Seminary, 1871. Doctor of Divinity, Baptist Union Theological Seminary, Chicago U., 1881.
S.T.D. Colgate, 1921.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1871. Pastor Amsterdam, New York, 1871-1872, Philadelphia, 1872-1880, Second Church, Chicago, 1880-1904, North Orange Church, Orange, New Jersey, January 1, 1905-May 1912. Vice president. and president divinity school trustees and lecturer Divinity School University of Chicago, 1885-1904.
Lecturer Chicago Theological Seminary, 1903. President of the board of trustees Colgate University, 1905-1912. Professorial lecturer on Christian ethics, Colgate, 1912-1927.
Professor emeritus, 1927. Also professor, pro tempore, pastoral theology, 1915, actg. professor of homiletics and pastoral theology, 1919-1927.
Member of the board American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, 1885-1905, American Baptist Home Missionary Society, 1905-1912.
Married Anna Isabella Hyde, 1871. Children: Adelaide (Mistress L. G. Parker), Fred Hyde (deceased).