Willett, Herbert Lockwood (1864-1944)

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American Committee for the Relief of Russian Women and Children

Edwin Morrell to Jane Addams, January 4, 1911

Relief for Russian Women and Children, 1920

Gardiner Howland Shaw to Herbert Lockwood Willett, November 13, 1920

Herbert Lockwood Willett to Bainbridge Colby, November 3, 1920

Herbert Lockwood Willett and Augusta Price Willett to Amelia Sears, January 15, 1927

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Birth Date

1864-05-05

Death Date

1944-03-27

Birthplace

Ionia County, MI

Biographical Text

Herbert Lockwood Willett attended Bethany College, serving as a pastor in Ohio before attending Yale Divinity School. He later moved to Chicago and received a Ph.D. in biblical studies at a newly opened German college. Willett became a professor at the University of Chicago, and in 1894 he became the first Dean of the Disciples Divinity House. He was also a member of the Advisory Board for the American Bureau of Personal and Vocational Psychology. Willett retired in 1929, but he continued to serve as a pastor.

Willett married Emma Augusta Price in 1888. They had three children together. Willett died in 1944.

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DeLora, Renee

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1911

Bibliography and Links

Herbert L Willett, 1910 United States Federal Census

Caryn Hannan, Michigan Biographical Dictionary, 1998, p. 328.

Chalice Press, Disciples and the Bible: a History of Disciples Biblical Interpretation in North America, 1997, pp. 207, 223.

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“Willett, Herbert Lockwood (1864-1944),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 7, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/4128.