Born: October 15, 1878, Bethany, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
Died: October 29 (Findagrave) or 27 (Ancestry.com), 1945, at his home next to McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.
Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
Richardson became a naturalized American citizen in 1905 in Massachusetts.
He was educated at Lawrence College, Boston University, and the Boston University School of Theology (Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 1906).
He became a Methodist minister, pastored in Wisconsin and Massachusetts, taught at the Boston University School of Theology (1911–19), and was dean of the Northfield Summer School of Religious Education (1919–24).
He later served on the faculty at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.
If you know where to get a better photo of Richardson (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),