City: Sewanee
GUTHRIE, William Norman, educator; born Dundee, Scotland, March 4, 1868; son of William Eugene and Frances S. (D’Arusmont) GUTHRIE; maternal grandparents Sylvan Thiquepal and Frances (Wright) D’ARUSMONT; graduated from University of the South, B. Litt., 1889, A. M., 1891; married Anna Norton STUART, Jan. 14, 1893; assistant prof. of modern languages University of the South, 1889-1890; prof. of modern languages at Kenyon College, 1892-1893; ordained to the Protestant Episcopal ministry, 1893; missionary in charge of Christ church at Annedy Heights, 1893-1894; Asst. Church of the Advent at Cincinnati, 1894-1896; lecturer on comparative literature, University of Cincinnati, 1898-1900; rector at Church of the Resurrection, Fern Bank, Ohio, 1899-1908; Christ Church, Alameda, Cal., 1903-1908; prof. of general literature and director of the University Extension Department University of the South since 1908; director of Cincinnati Conferences of Art and Literature, 1900-1903; professional lecturer in general literature at University of Chicago, 102-1909; author “Love Conquereth,” 1890, “Modern Poet Prophets, Essays Critical and Interpretative,” 1897, 1899, “To Kindle the Yule Log,” 1899, “Songs of American Destiny,” 1900 “The Old Hemlock,” 1901 “The Christ of the Ages in Words of Holy Writ,” 1903, “Orpheus Today, St. Francis of the Trees and Other Verse,” 1907. “The Vital Study of Literature,” 1909, “Niagara Twice Seen and Other Verse” (University Press, Sewanee); editor of “The Diana,” a quarterly review, Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago.
