William Wallace Fenn

William Wallace Fenn
Born	(1862-02-12)February 12, 1862 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	March 6, 1932(1932-03-06) (aged 70) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Education	Harvard Divinity School
Occupation(s)	Clergyman, educator
Spouse	Faith Huntington Fisher ​ ​ (m. 1891)​
Children	5

William Wallace Fenn (February 12, 1862 – March 6, 1932) was a Unitarian minister and a dean of Harvard Divinity School. He served the First Unitarian Church of Chicago from 1890–1901.

He gave the 1921 The Ingersoll Lectures on Human Immortality.

Biography

William Wallace Fenn was born in Boston on February 12, 1862.^[1][2] He graduated from Harvard in 1884 and received an AM and STB (bachelor of sacred theology) from the Divinity School in 1887.^[3]

He married Faith Huntington Fisher in 1891, daughter of Ellen Thayer Fisher, and they had five children.^[2]

He died at his home in Cambridge on March 6, 1932.^[2]

References

1. William Wallace Fenn.
2. "Dr William W. Fenn of Harvard Dead". The Boston Globe. March 7, 1932. p. 15. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. William Wallace Fenn | Harvard Divinity School Library

External links

• The papers of William Wallace Fenn are in the Harvard Divinity School Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.