Charles Fletcher Dole

Background

Dole, Charles Fletcher was born on May 17, 1845 in Brewer, Maine, United States. Son of Review Nathan and Caroline (Fletcher) Dole.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1868, Master of Arts, 1870. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1872. Doctor of Divinity, Bowdoin, 1906.

Career

Professor Greek, University of Vermont, 1873. Minister Plymouth Church, Portland, Maine, 1874-1876, First Congressional (Unitarian) Church, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1876-1916 (emeritus). Author: The Citizen and the Neighbor, 1884.

Early Hebrew Stories, 1886.

A Catechism of Liberal Faith, 1895. The Young Citizen, 1899.

The Problem of Duty, 1900. The Religion of a Gentleman, 1900.

Noble Womanhood, 1900.

The Spirit of Democracy, 1906. The Hope of Immortality (Ingersoll lecture, Harvard), 1906. What We know About Jesus, 1908.

The Burden of Poverty, 1912.

The New American Citizen, 1918. A Religion for the New Day, 1920.

Home: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Achievements

• Charles Fletcher Dole has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Frances Drummond, March 4, 1873. Children: James Drummond, Katharine (deceased), Winifred, Richard Drummond (deceased).

Father:

Review Nathan Dole

Mother:

Caroline (Fletcher) Dole

Spouse:

Frances Drummond

child:

James Drummond Dole

child:

Katharine Dole (deceased)

child:

Winifred Dole

child:

Richard Drummond Dole (deceased)