Background
Ropes, Charles Joseph Hardy was born on December 7, 1851 in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia (where father was United States consul). Son of William Hooper and Ellen Harriet (Hall) Ropes.
Ropes, Charles Joseph Hardy was born on December 7, 1851 in Saint St. Petersburg, Russia (where father was United States consul). Son of William Hooper and Ellen Harriet (Hall) Ropes.
Gymnasium, Arnstadt, Thüringen, Germany, 1868-1869, Sorbonne, Paris, 1869. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1872. University of Tübingen, 1872-1873.
Andover Theological Seminary, 1873-1875, resident licentiate, 1875-1876.
Union Theological Seminary, 1876-1877. Doctor of Divinity, Bowdoin, 1894, Yale, 1894.
Ordained Congleton ministry, August 15, 1877. Pastor Ellsworth, Maine, 1877-1881. Professor New Testament language and literature, 1881-1905, librarian, 1887-1901, and since 1905, Bangor Theological Seminary.
Married Annie Marvin Ladd, October 4, 1877.