Woodworth, Arthur

Arthur Vernon Woodworth was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1865. He attended the Roxbury Latin School before enrolling at Harvard University. After graduation in 1891, he earned a BA in divinity from Cambridge Episcopal Theological School and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Freiburg, Germany in 1896. Upon receiving his PhD, Woodworth served as secretary to a committee researching the living conditions of unemployed people in Great Britain.

In 1898, Woodworth joined the Boston Stock Exchange. Ten years later he became a partner in a brokerage firm. In 1920, he resigned this position and joined the faculty at HBS as Instructor in Finance. In 1928 he was appointed Professor of Finance, a position he held until 1935, when he retired at the age of seventy. In addition to teaching at at HBS, Woodworth tutored students in history, government, and economics.

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