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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.

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Ezekiel Robinson painted by Otto Grundmann

Presidency of Brown

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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

See also

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