Conger was born in Genoa, New York in 1884 to Willis N and Stella (Perrigo) Conger. He attended the Union Theological Seminary, Cornell University, and Columbia University from which he received his Ph.D. in 1922. He worked as a minister before the First World War and then became an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota in 1920, serving as chairman of the Department of Philosophy beginning in 1942. He was a specialist in comparative religion and wrote numerous books. After retirement from the Minnesota in 1952, he taught at Ohio Wesleyan University and the University of Calcutta, India.
Conger was born in Genoa, New York in 1884 to Willis N and Stella (Perrigo) Conger. He attended the Union Theological Seminary, Cornell University, and Columbia University from which he received his Ph.D. in 1922. He worked as a minister before the First World War and then became an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota in 1920, serving as chairman of the Department of Philosophy beginning in 1942. He was a specialist in comparative religion and wrote numerous books. After retirement from the Minnesota in 1952, he taught at Ohio Wesleyan University and the University of Calcutta, India.
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