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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]
Held the Chair of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics
Erection of the Robinson Library (1878); Slater Hall;
Sayles Hall ; and an addition to Rhode Island Hall
College funds were increased
Delivered the baccalaureate sermons
He delivered a series of lectures on the History of Intellectual Philosophy and Metaphysical Science in Manning Hall
Preached in pulpits across Providence
Selected works
Robinson, Ezekiel G. (1869), Ritualism in the Church of England ,
Philadelphia : American Baptist Publication Society,
OCLC
22999573
Robinson, Ezekiel G. (1883),
Lectures on Preaching, Delivered to the Students of Theology at Yale College, January and February, 1882 , New York:
Henry Holt and Company ,
OCLC
6272765
Robinson, Ezekiel G. (1888),
Principles and Practice of Morality; or, Ethical Principles Discussed and Applied ,
Boston :
Silver, Burdett and Company ,
OCLC
3757662
Robinson, Ezekiel G. (1894),
Christian Theology ,
Rochester, New York : E.R. Andrews,
OCLC
7476068
Robinson, Ezekiel G. (1895), Christian Evidences , New York:
Silver, Burdett and Company ,
OCLC
7902059
Robinson, Ezekiel G.; Wayland, Herman L.; Johnson, Elias H. (1896), Johnson, Elias H. (ed.),
Ezekiel Gilman Robinson; an Autobiography with a Supplement , New York:
Silver, Burdett and Company ,
OCLC
2934923
See also
Anderson, Thomas D. (1894). "Ezekiel Gilman Robinson". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 30 : 572–79.
JSTOR
20020608 .
References
^
"Death of the Rev. E. G. Robinson" ,
The New York Times , Boston, Massachusetts (published June 14, 1894), p. 1, June 14, 1894,
ISSN
0362-4331 , retrieved April 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
^ Mitchell, Martha (1993),
"Robinson, Ezekiel Gilman" ,
Encyclopedia Brunoniana ,
Providence, Rhode Island : Brown University Library, p. 210,
OCLC
31085279 , retrieved October 5, 2009
^
Rochester Theological Seminary (1920),
General catalogue 1850 to 1920 ,
Rochester, New York : E. R. Andrews Printing Co., p. 27,
OCLC
7407942 , retrieved October 5, 2009
^
"The President Elect of Brown University" , The New York Times (published January 26, 1872), p. 5, January 26, 1872,
ISSN
0362-4331 , retrieved April 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
^
"Brown's President Resigns" , The New York Times , Providence, Rhode Island (published March 21, 1889), p. 5, March 21, 1889,
ISSN
0362-4331 , retrieved April 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
^
The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Rhode Island . Vol. 1. Providence: National Biographical Publishing Company. 1881. p. 273.
External links
Pound sign (#) denotes interim president.
International National Other