City: Nashville
DENNY, Collins, Bishop M. E. Church, South; born Winchester, Va., May 28, 1854; son of William R. and Margaret A. (Collins) DENNY; English descent; father, merchant and manufacturer; paternal grandparents William and Margaret (Hotsenpiller) DENNY, maternal grandparents Joseph S. and Rebecca (Brown) COLLINS; educated Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, Va., Princeton University, University of Virginia; graduated Princeton University B.A. (1876) and M.A. (1879) degrees; University of Virginia, B.L., 1877, LL.D. degree was conferred upon him by Emery & Henry College, also by Emory College, Georgia, 1910; engaged in practice of law early in life; admitted into Baltimore Conference, M. E. Church, South, March, 1880; elected Chaplain to the University of Virginia 1889; from 1891 to 1910 held chair in Vanderbilt University as Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy; Fraternal Delegate to M. E. Church, 1908; elected Bishop of M. Episcopal Church, South, 1910; Chairman of Book Committee of M. E. Church, South, 1898-1910; served as member of five general conferences, leading Baltimore delegation at last four conferences; Whig Hall representative in Lynde Prize Debate, Princeton University, 1876; won oratorship of Jefferson Society, University of Virginia, 1877; married Lucy Chase CHAPMAN, July 5, 1881; member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi.
