Henry Clay Sheldon (March 12, 1845 - August 4, 1928), best known as Henry C. Sheldon, was an American Methodist theologian and writer.
[citation needed] He was a pastor at two Methodist churches, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont from 1871 to 1872 and in Brunswick, Maine from 1872 to 1874.
Later, though primarily a scholar and writer, he continued to preach occasionally.
When he returned to America in 1875, he was elected Professor of Systematic Theology at Boston University, where he remained until his retirement in 1921.
[1][2] Sheldon was a prolific author of books about Christian history and comparative religions.