Ezekiel Robinson

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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, U.S.
Died	June 13, 1894(1894-06-13) (aged 79) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place	Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester, New York, U.S.
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

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

↑ "DEATH OF THE REV. E. G. ROBINSON", New York Times, 1894-06-14: 1, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-05
↑ Mitchell, Martha (1993), "Robinson, Ezekiel Gilman", Encyclopedia Brunoniana, Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University Library, p. 210, OCLC 31085279, retrieved 2009-10-05
↑ 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
↑ "The President Elect of Brown University", New York Times, 1872-01-26: 5, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-05
↑ "BROWN'S PRESIDENT RESIGNS", New York Times, 1889-03-21: 5, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-05

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

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

v t e Presidents of Brown University

Manning Maxcy Messer Wayland Sears Caswell Robinson Andrews Faunce Barbour Wriston Keeney Heffner Hornig Swearer Gregorian Gee Simmons Paxson

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 100651219 LCCN: n88671283

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