Background
Hobson, Alphonzo Augustus was born on June 17, 1877 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Mathew and Adrienna Columbia (Grantland) Hobson.
Hobson, Alphonzo Augustus was born on June 17, 1877 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Mathew and Adrienna Columbia (Grantland) Hobson.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbian (now George Washington University), 1899. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1903.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1901. Pastor Hyattsville, Maryland., 1904-1906, Beth Eden Church, Pittsburgh, 1906-1910. Secretary to chancellor University of Pittsburgh, 1910-1911.
Pastor First Church, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1912-1921, First Church, Milwaukee, 1921-1925, Upper Alton Church, Alton, Illinois, 1925-1935.
Acting pastor First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, 1938-1939. Pastor Olivet Baptist Church, Valley Stream, New York, 1939-1941.
Chambers Memorial Baptist Church, New York, 1944. Lefferts Park Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1944-1945, 1947-1949.
Special lecturer, teacher, Shurtleff College, summers 1926, 27, 33, 34.
Author: The Diatessaron of Tatian and the Synoptic Problem, 1904. Positive Protestantism, 1917. Contributor on religious and social subjects.
Home: 142 92d Saint, Brooklyn 9 New York‡.
Married Mathilda Christman, January 31, 1899. Children: Burton Harper (deceased), Dorothy M., Ruth North., Virginia M. Assistant.