Ezekiel Robinson

Ezekiel Robinson
7th President of Brown University
In office
1872–1889
Preceded by Alexis Caswell
Succeeded by Elisha Andrews
Personal details
Born (1815-03-23)March 23, 1815
Attleboro, Massachusetts, US
Died June 13, 1894(1894-06-13) (aged 79)
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Resting place Mount Hope Cemetery
Rochester, New York, US
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Harriet Richards Parker
Alma mater Brown University
Religion Baptist

Ezekiel Gilman Robinson (March 23, 1815  June 13, 1894) was an American Baptist clergyman, theologian and educator, born at Attleboro, Massachusetts, and educated at Brown University and at Newton Theological Institution.[1] He preached at Norfolk, Virginia, and at Cambridge, Massachusetts, was professor of Hebrew and biblical interpretation in the Western Theological Seminary (Covington, Kentucky), and in 1849 accepted a call to a church in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2] Three years later he was appointed professor of theology in Rochester Theological Seminary and in 1868 was made its president.[3] From 1872[4] to 1889[5] he was president of Brown University, and from 1893 to his death he occupied the chair of ethics and apologetics at the University of Chicago. He edited the Christian Review from 1859 to 1864.

Ezekiel Robinson painted by Otto Grundmann

Presidency of Brown

Some of the highlights of his presidency at Brown include:[6]

Selected works

References

  1. "DEATH OF THE REV. E. G. ROBINSON", New York Times, 1894-06-14, p. 1, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-05
  2. Mitchell, Martha (1993), "Robinson, Ezekiel Gilman", Encyclopedia Brunoniana, Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University Library, p. 210, OCLC 31085279, retrieved 2009-10-05
  3. Rochester Theological Seminary (1920), General catalogue 1850 to 1920, Rochester, New York: E. R. Andrews Printing Co., p. 27, OCLC 7407942, retrieved 2009-10-05
  4. "The President Elect of Brown University", New York Times, 1872-01-26, p. 5, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-05
  5. "BROWN'S PRESIDENT RESIGNS", New York Times, 1889-03-21, p. 5, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-05
  6. The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Rhode Island. Providence: National Biographical Publishing Company. 1881. p. 273.

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Academic offices
First President of the Rochester Theological Seminary
1868–1872
Succeeded by
Augustus H. Strong
Preceded by
Alexis Caswell
President of Brown University
1872–1889
Succeeded by
Elisha Andrews


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