Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933

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American clergyman, educator and writer.

From the description of Letter to Joseph LeRoy Harrison, 1916 April 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51926632

From the description of Papers of Henry Van Dyke, 1895-1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51926567

Clergyman, Princeton University professor of English literature, and sports writer.

From the description of Letters to Eugene V. Connett, 1919-1920. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32128080

Presbyterian clergyman, poet, minister to the Netherlands, and longtime Princeton professor (1899-1913, 1919-1923) of English literature, Henry van Dyke is perhaps best remembered for his Christmas story THE STORY OF THE OTHER WISE MAN (1896).

From the description of Henry van Dyke family papers, 1694-1963 (bulk 1840-1950s). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 176571115

American author and educator.

From the description of Letter, 1929 Nov. 19, Princeton, N.J., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904414

Henry Van Dyke was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and literary critic.

From the description of Henry Van Dyke collection of papers, 1897-1931. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652061

From the guide to the Henry Van Dyke collection of papers, 1897-1931, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.)

Novelist, writer-in-residence at Kent State University.

From the description of Henry Van Dyke papers, 1954- (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 66895341

From the description of Papers, 1954- (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34491696

Henry Jackson Van Dyke; Presbyterian pastor in Rhode Island and New York City; Professor of English literature at Princeton, 1900-1923, and author.

From the description of Papers, 1875-1931 / Henry Van Dyke. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 47984365

Author, clergyman, diplomat, educator, and poet.

From the description of Henry Van Dyke postcard and poem, 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981253

Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933), Presbyterian clergyman, author, and professor was born on November 10, 1852, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Van Dyke attended Princeton University and received his B.A. in 1873 and an M.A. in 1876. He then spent the next two years studying at the University of Berlin and when he returned to the United States, he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. For the first four years of his ministry, Van Dyke served as a pastor of the United Congregational Church of Newport, Rhode Island. In 1883, he left Newport to become the pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York City where he stayed for eighteen years. While in New York, Van Dyke gained a national reputation as one of the greatest preachers of New York City and also published his first book in 1884, The Reality of Religion. Van Dyke published several other books, short stories, and poems during his lifetime, usually incorporating religious matters and literary criticism. In 1900, Van Dyke became the Murray Professor of English Literature at Princeton and would remain in that position through 1923, when he retired. In 1908-1909, Van Dyke also served as a visiting lecturer for the University of Paris and in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him the United States minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Henry Van Dyke died at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, on April 10, 1933.

From the guide to the Henry Van Dyke letter, Van Dyke (Henry) letter, 1902, (Redwood Library and Athenaeum)

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Death 1933-04-10

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