Warren, William
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 21, 1806, in Waterford, Maine. He was a congregational clergyman at Gorham, Maine, and the author of School Geography; Household Consecration; The Spirit's Sword; Twelve Years Among Children; and These for Those. He died Jan. 28, 1879, in Gorham, Maine.
WARREN, WILLIAM FAIRFIELD, clergyman, educator, author, the first president of Boston university, was born March 13, 1833, in Williamsburg, Mass.
After his graduation at Wesleyan university in 1853 he established a classical school in Mobile, Ala.; traveled; preached; and for nearly two years studied at the Andover Theological seminary. In the years 1858-60 he was a pastor, first at Wilbraham, Mass., then at Boston. Of the ten years, however, 1856- 66, more than seven were spent in Europe and the Orient. In Rome he gave much attention to classical and ecclesiastical archæology, and at the university of Berlin he made a special study of philosophy, Christian art and monumental theology. In Halle his studies related more to biblical and oriental antiquities.
In 1866 he returned to Boston to organize and preside over the Boston Theological seminary, which was the nucleus of Boston university, chartered in 1869. To the presidency of this latter Dr. Warren was called, and to its development the best work of his life has been given. He is the author of Paradise Found: the Cradle of the Human Race at the North Pole; The True Key to Ancient Chronology; In the Footsteps of Arminius; Constitutional Law Questions in the Methodist Church; The Quest of the Perfect Religion; and The Story of Gottlieb.