Ezekiel Robinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ezekiel Robinson

American theologian

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1815

Place of Birth: Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1894

Profession: theologian, religious servant

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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.
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.
Three years later he was appointed professor of theology in Rochester Theological Seminary and in 1868 was made its president.
From 1872 to 1889 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.