Robert E. Hume was born on March 20, 1877, in Ahmednagar, India to Christian missionary parents, Robert Allen Hume and Abbie Burgess.[3] He received his early education in India through his parents' missionary schools and later attended Newton High School in Massachusetts. Hume received his BA, MA, and PhD at
Yale, after which he attended
Union Theological for seminary school.[4]
Works
Hinduism and War (1916) The American Journal of Theology, vol. 20, 31-44
The Thirteen Principal Upanishads, with an Outline of the Philosophy of the Upanishads (1921) New York: Oxford University Press
The World’s Living Religions (1924) New York: Scribner
Treasure-house of the Living Religions (1932) New York: Scribner
References
^"Dr. Hume, Expert on Religions, Dies". New York Times. January 5, 1948.