Alumni catalogue 1836-1947.

(New York :  [s. n.],  1948.)

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XIV
 

PROFESSORS
 

Jan. 10, 1872; pastor. South Orange, N. J.,
1872-83; pastor (Sixth), Chicago, 111., 1883-
91; Roosevelt professor (Systematic The¬
ology), Union Theological Seminary, 1891-93;
died Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 5, 1893. D.D.,
University of Vermont, 1885.

1892          *William Adams Brown        1936

Born New York City, Dec. 29, 1865; Yale
College, 1886 Union Theological Seminary,
1887-90; fellow, ditto, Berlin, Germany, 1890-
92; ordained (Presbytery of New York), Jan.
17, 1893; instructor (Church History), Union
Theological Seminary, 1892-93; instructor
(Systematic Theology), ditto, 1893-95; pro¬
visional professor, ditto, 1895-98; Roosevelt
professor, ditto, 1898-1930; research pro¬
fessor (Applied Theology), ditto, 1930-36;
professor emeritus, ditto, 1936-43; secretary.
General War-Time Commission of the
Churches, 1917-19; permanent fellow, Yale
University; chairman, committee on educa¬
tional policy, ditto, 1919-30; acting provost,
ditto, 1919-20; member of the International
Committee of the Universal Christian Council
for Life and Work; joint president, Oxford
Conference on Church, State and Society,
1937; member of executive committee. World
Conference on Faith and Order; died New
York City, Dec. 15, 1943. Ph.D., Yale Uni¬
versity, 1901; D.D., Union College, 1903, Yale
University, 1907, University of St. Andrews,
1923.

1893     *Arthur Cushman McGiffert    1927

Professor (Church History), 1893-1926; re¬
search professor (ditto), 1926-27. See Presi¬
dents.

1897         *Charles Cuthbert Hall         1908

Professor (Practical Theology), 1897-1904;
professor (Homiletics), 1904-08. See Presi¬
dents.

1892       *Charles Prospero Fagnani       1926

Born New York City, Oct. 29, 1854; College
of the City of New York,   1873;  Columbia
College  Law  School,   1875;  teacher  (Public
Grammar School), New York City, 1873-79
Union   Theological   Seminary,   1879-82;   or¬
dained   (Presbytery of New York),  Oct.  8
1882; chapel pastor (Grace), New York City
1882-85;    pastor    (Westminster),    Yonkers
N. Y., 1885-86; Europe, 1886-91; residence
Cambridge, Mass.,  1891-92; instructor (He
brew). Union Theological Seminary, 1892-99
associate professor (Old Testament Language
and Literature),  ditto,   1899-1914; professor
(Hebrew  and the English  Bible),   1914-16
professor    (Old   Testament   Literature   and
 

Exegesis), ditto, 1916-26; professor emeritus,
ditto, 1926-40; died Salies de Beam, France,
Nov. 25, 1940. D.D., Western Reserve Uni¬
versity, 1898. Knight of the French Legion of
Honor, 1924.

1896           *George William Knox         1912

Born Rome, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1853; Hamilton
College, 1874; Auburn Theological Seminary,
1877; ordained (Presbytery of Chemung), June
3, 1877; missionary, Tokyo, Japan, 1877-93;
professor (Homiletics), Union Theological
Seminary, Tokyo, 1880-93; and professor
(Philosophy and Ethics), Imperial University,
Tokyo, Japan, 1886; pastor, Rye, N. Y., 1894-
99; lecturer (Apologetics), Union Theological
Seminary, New York City, 1896-99; profes¬
sor (History and'Philosophy of Religion, and
Missions), ditto, 1899-1912 (Marcellus Hart¬
ley professor, ditto, from 1905); Union Semi¬
nary lecturer on Christianity to the Far East,
India, China and Japan, 1911-12; died Seoul,
Chosen, Japan, Apl. 25, 1912. D.D., College
of New Jersey, 1888, Wesleyan University,
1910, Yale University, 1911; LL.D., Hobart
College, 1904.

1897            James Everett Frame           1938

Born Boston, Mass., Mar. 24, 1868; Harvard
University, 1891; M.A., ditto, 1892; Union
Theological Seminary, 1892-95; fellow, ditto.
Universities of Berlin and Gottingen, Ger¬
many, 1895-97; ordained (Presbytery of
Boston), June 6, 1898; instructor (New
Testament), Union Theological Seminary,
1897-1901; assistant professor, ditto, 1901-03;
associate professor, ditto, 1903-04; associate
professor (Theology of the New Testament),
ditto, 1904-05; Edward Robinson professor
(Biblical Theology), ditto, 1905-19; Baldwin
professor (Sacred Literature), ditto, 1919-38;

professor emeritus, ditto, 1938------. Residence,

Princeton, N. J. D.D., Harvard University,
1913.

1899         *Thomas Cuming Hall          1917

Born Armagh, Ireland, Sep. 25, 1858; College
of Nevv Jersey, 1879; Union Theological Semi¬
nary, 1879-82; student, Berlin and Gottingen,
Germany, 1882-83; ordained (Presbytery of
Omaha), Aug. 19, 1883; pastor (Southwest),
and editor (Christian Hour-Central West),
Omaha, Neb., 1883-86; pastor (41st St.),
Chicago, 111., 1886-93; pastor (Fourth), Chi¬
cago, 111., 1893-97; Europe, 1897-98; pro¬
fessor (Christian Ethics), Union Theological
Seminary, 1899-1917; residence, Gottingen,
Germany, 1916-36; professor extraordinary
(History and Civilization of the English and
American World),  University of Gottingen,
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