Edward Jewitt Wheeler (B.A. Ohio Wesleyan 1879, Litt.D. 1906), editor, publisher, and author; editor of Literary Digest editor-in-chief of Current Opinion^ and managing editor of 'The Voice and Homilettc Review; a founder of Poetry Society of America, serving as its first president nine years and then as honorary president until his death; president of Citizen's Union, Richmond Borough, N Y., and vice president of Citizen's Union, New York City; trustee of Ohio Wesleyan; decorated by French Government in recognition of his editorial services on behalf of the allies; son of the Rev. Alfred Wheeler (M D. Jefferson Medical College 1852, honorary M.A. Ohio Wesleyan 1862, D.D. Allegheny College 1869, LL.D. Grove City College 1890), clergyman, chaplain, and surgeon in Civil War. and editor of Pittsburgh Christian Advocate, and Lydia Priscilla (Curtis) Wheeler; descendant of Thomas Wheeler, who came from England to Concord,
Mass., about 1635 and moved to Fairfield, Conn., in 1644; of Revolutionary ancestry on both sides and, on his mother's side, descended from Thomas Yale, an older brother of Elihu Yale.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Mass., about 1635 and moved to Fairfield, Conn., in 1644; of Revolutionary ancestry on both sides and, on his mother's side, descended from Thomas Yale, an older brother of Elihu Yale.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Edward Jewitt Wheeler (B.A. Ohio Wesleyan 1879, Litt.D. 1906), editor, publisher, and author; editor of Literary Digest editor-in-chief of Current Opinion^ and managing editor of 'The Voice and Homilettc Review; a founder of Poetry Society of America, serving as its first president nine years and then as honorary president until his death; president of Citizen's Union, Richmond Borough, N Y., and vice president of Citizen's Union, New York City; trustee of Ohio Wesleyan; decorated by French Government in recognition of his editorial services on behalf of the allies; son of the Rev. Alfred Wheeler (M D. Jefferson Medical College 1852, honorary M.A. Ohio Wesleyan 1862, D.D. Allegheny College 1869, LL.D. Grove City College 1890), clergyman, chaplain, and surgeon in Civil War. and editor of Pittsburgh Christian Advocate, and Lydia Priscilla (Curtis) Wheeler; descendant of Thomas Wheeler, who came from England to Concord,
Mass., about 1635 and moved to Fairfield, Conn., in 1644; of Revolutionary ancestry on both sides and, on his mother's side, descended from Thomas Yale, an older brother of Elihu Yale.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Mass., about 1635 and moved to Fairfield, Conn., in 1644; of Revolutionary ancestry on both sides and, on his mother's side, descended from Thomas Yale, an older brother of Elihu Yale.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
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