Wilson Lloyd Bevan (1866-1935) was an American

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Biography

Wilson Lloyd Bevan was born 17 June 1866 in

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. He was the son of George Frazier Bevan. In 1886 Wilson Lloyd Bevan ("of Baltimore") was a "candidate for the degree of

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states that he graduated as a BA in 1894. Later he earned his degree of

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. At the

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(

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) he got his PhD degree. He served as professor of history at Sewanee: the University of the South, Tenn. and subsequently at

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. He was engaged in journalism and for many years he was the ''New York Churchmans Associate Editor. In 1920 he started at the

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as associate professor of history. In 1926 he was a minister. In that year he was mentioned as "The Rev. Wilson Lloyd Bevan, M.A., Columbia; S.T.B., General; Ph. D. Munich", Professor of Systematic Divinity and Acting Professor of Philosophy at the University of the South. Wilson Lloyd Bevan married first to Mary Kaylett, then to Caroline Eckel, about 1926. He died 8 April 1935.

Bibliography

* 1893: (part of) dissertation (Munich): ''Sir William Petty''. Canterbury : J.A. Jennings. 32 pgs.Bevan 1893: * 1894: '' Sir William Petty : A Study in English Economic Literature'' (published as a 'Publication of the

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', vol. IX, no. 4)Bevan 1894: * 1913: ''The World's Leading Conquerors.'' New York : H. Holt.Bevan 1913: Bevan 1913: digitally available a
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* 1929: (4 vols.)Bevan 1929:

References

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