The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Schaff, David Schley

SCHAFF, shäf, David Schley, American Presbyterian clergyman and educator, son of Philip Schaff (q.v.): b. Mercersburg, Pa., 17 Oct. 1852. He was graduated at Yale in 1873 and in 1877 was ordained in the Presbyterian ministry. He served as pastor in 1877-1907; was professor of church history at Lane Theological Seminary in 1897-1903; and since 1903 has been professor of ecclesiastical and doctrinal history there. He was a delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian Council at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1913. He was one of the editors of the &lsquo;Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia&rsquo; (4 vols., 1883); and of &lsquo;History of the Christian Church&rsquo; (Vols. I-II, 1907-10); and author of &lsquo;Commentary on Acts&rsquo; (1882); &lsquo;Life of Philip Schaff&rsquo; (1897); &lsquo;John Huss&rsquo; (1915), etc. He translated &lsquo;The Church&rsquo; by Huss (1915).