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Walker (WILLISTON an Ameri can)

WILLISTON, an Ameri can clergyman; born in Portland, Me., July 1, 1860; was graduated at Amherst College in 1883 and at Hartford Theological Seminary in 1886; was Professor of Church History in Hartford Theological Seminary in 1889-1901. In the latter year he became professor or of ecclesiastical history at Yale. His works include: "On the Increase of Royal Power under Philip Augustus"; "History of the Congregational Church in the United States"; "The Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism" (1893); "The Reformation" (1900); "Ten New England Leaders" (1901); "History of the Christian Church (1918).