William Palmer Ladd

William Palmer Ladd (1870–1941) was an American Episcopal priest, liturgical scholar, and seminary dean.

The Reverend

William Palmer Ladd
Born(1870-05-13)May 13, 1870
Lancaster, New Hampshire, US
DiedJuly 1, 1941(1941-07-01) (aged 71)
TitleDean of Berkeley Divinity School (1918–1941)
Spouse(s)
Ailsie Tayor
(
m. 1915)
[1]
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchEpiscopal Church (United States)
Ordained
  • 1897 (deacon)
  • 1898 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-discipline
School or traditionLiturgical Movement
InstitutionsBerkeley Divinity School
Notable worksPrayer Book Interleaves (1943)[2]
InfluencedMassey H. Shepherd[3]

Ladd was born on May 13, 1870, in Lancaster, New Hampshire.[4] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1891 and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the General Theological Seminary in 1897.[2] Ladd was ordained deacon on June 11, 1897, and priest on June 11, 1898.[2]

After work as a parish priest in the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, he served as professor of church history (1904–1941) at Berkeley Divinity School, of which he later became dean (1918–1941).[4] The school had been founded in Middletown, Connecticut, but Ladd worked to move it to New Haven,[2] home of Yale University, believing connection with a major university and presence in an urban center were better suited to training of clergy.

As Dean of Berkeley, Ladd was seen as an inspiring if sometimes controversial figure. Socialist in sympathies, he chaired a major review of child welfare for the state of Connecticut. He was responsible for bringing a number of sympathetic Anglican thinkers as visiting professors including Percy Dearmer and Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy.

Ladd died on July 1, 1941, in New Haven.[2]

Ladd was active in the dissemination of Liturgical Movement principles in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. His book Prayer Book Interleaves, published only after his death, was based on columns that had appeared in the Episcopal Church magazine The Witness. It was reprinted in 1957 with a new introduction by his student Massey H. Shepherd and then again in the centenary year of his appointment as Dean of Berkeley.

See also

Bibliography
  • Prayer Book Interleaves: Some Reflections on How the Book of Common Prayer Might Be Made More Influential (1943).

References

Footnotes
  1. Moriarty 1995b, p. 438.
  2. Armentrout & Slocum 2000.
  3. Moriarty 1995a, p. 199; Moriarty 1995b, p. 449.
  4. Armentrout & Slocum 2000; Moriarty 1995b, p. 438.

Works cited
Armentrout, Donald S.; Slocum, Robert Boak, eds. (2000). "Ladd, William Palmer". An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church: A User-Friendly Reference for Episcopalians. New York: Church Publishing. p. 291. Retrieved August 4, 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Moriarty, Michael (1995a). "Associated Parishes and the 1979 Prayer Book". Anglican and Episcopal History. 64 (2): 195–227. ISSN 0896-8039. JSTOR 42611697.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
 ———  (1995b). "William Palmer Ladd and the Origins of the Episcopal Liturgical Movement". Church History. 64 (3): 438–451. doi:10.2307/3168949. ISSN 1755-2613. JSTOR 3168949.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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