William De Witt Hyde
American writer
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| Intro | American writer | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 23 September 1858, Winchendon | |
| Death | 29 June 1917Brunswick (aged 58 years) |
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Biography
William De Witt Hyde (September 23, 1858 – June 29, 1917) was an American college president, born at Winchendon, Mass.
Biography
He graduated from Harvard University in 1879 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1882. Ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1883, he was a pastor at Newark, N. J., in 1883-85, and thereafter was president of Bowdoin College, also holding the chair of mental and moral philosophy.
Publications
He is author of:
- Practical Ethics (1892)
- Social Theology (1895)
- Practical idealism (1897)
- God's Education of Man (1899)
- The Art of Optimism (1900)
- The Cardinal Virtues (1901)
- Jesus' Way (1902)
- The New Ethics (1903)
- The College Man and the College Woman (1906)
- From Epicurus to Christ (1906)
- Abba, Father (1908)
- Self-Measurement (1908)
- Sin and its Forgiveness (1909)
- The Teacher's Philosophy in and out of School (1910)
- The Five Great Philosophies of Life (1911)
- The Quest of the Best (1913)