William Greenough Thayer Shedd , son of the Reverend Marshall Shedd and Eliza Thayer, was an American Presbyterian theologian born in Acton, Massachusetts.In 1835, Shedd enrolled at the University of Vermont, and became a protégé of UVM president James Marsh. Under the influence of his mentor, Shedd was deeply affected by the thought of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Transcendentalism. He graduated from UVM in 1839 and taught school for one year, during which time he began to attend the Presbyterian church. Being called to the ministry, Shedd entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1840 and studied under theologian Leonard Woods. He graduated in 1843.
After a short pastorate at Brandon, Vermont, he was successively professor of English literature at the University of Vermont , professor of sacred rhetoric in Auburn Theological Seminary , professor of church history in Andover Theological Seminary , and, after one year as associate pastor of the Brick Church of New York City, of sacred literature and of systematic theology in Union Theological Seminary. He died in New York City on November 17, 1894.Dr. Shedd was a high Calvinist and was one of the most notable systematic theologians of the American Presbyterian church. His great work was Dogmatic Theology . He served as editor of Coleridge's Complete Works , and he also wrote:
Lectures on the Philosophy of History , in which he applied to history the doctrine of organic evolution
Discourses and Essays
A Manual of Church History , a translation of Guericke
A History of Christian Doctrine
Homiletics and Pastoral Theology
Sermons to the Natural Man
Theological Essays
Literary Essays
Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans
Sermons to the Spiritual Man
The Doctrine of Endless Punishment
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21. June 1820 – 17. November 1894
