Background
Sweet, William Warren was born on February 15, 1881 in Baldwin, Kansas, United States. Son of Review William Henry and Rose (Williams) Sweet.
Sweet, William Warren was born on February 15, 1881 in Baldwin, Kansas, United States. Son of Review William Henry and Rose (Williams) Sweet.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1902, Doctor of Letters, 1935. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1906. Master of Theology, Crozer Theological Seminary, 1907.
Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1907, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912.
Doctor of Divinity, Cornell College, 1922.
Instructor and assistant professor of history Ohio Wesleyan University 1911-1913. Professor of history DePauw University, 1913-1927, dean College of Liberal Arts, 1926-1927. Professor of history American Christianity, University of Chicago, 1927-1946, emeritus 1946.
Professor church history Garrett Biblical Institute 1946-1948.
Visiting professor and chairman of faculty Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, since 1948, Jackson lectureship, 1949. Visiting professor McCormick Theological Seminary, 1946-1948.
Professor of history, summers, Northwestern University, 1922, Syracuse University, 1924, 25, U. Washington, 1926, 27. Visiting professor church history Drew University, 1932-1934.
Special lecturer on Christian biography.
Harris lecturer Bangor Theological Seminary, 1939. Visiting professor and Dudliean lecturer Harvard University, 1944. Beckley lecturer, London, England., 1946.
Visiting professor University Texas, 1950.
Parttime Research.
Member American, Mississippi Valley and Wisconsin history associations, American Society Church History (president 1932), Delta Tau Delta, Phi Beta Kappa. Liberal Republican. Member editorial council and contributor to Dictionary of America History.
Winner 1st prize ($1,000), Chicago Tribune, 1930, for best 500-word history of the United States Chairman National Groups Division War Finance Committee of Illinois, United States Treasury, 1943-1945.
Married Louise M. Neill, May 18, 1906. Children: Paul R., Elizabeth, Esther, William West., Richard West. Ordained to ministry Methodist Episcopal Church.