Background
Potter, Charles Francis was born on October 28, 1885 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Flora Ella (Lincoln) Potter.
Potter, Charles Francis was born on October 28, 1885 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Flora Ella (Lincoln) Potter.
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Bucknell University, 1907, Master of Arts, 1916. Studied Brown U.; Bachelor of Divinity, Newton Theological Institution, 1913, School of Theology and Ministry, 1917. Doctor of Letters, DeLandas University, 1940.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1908. Pastor Central Avenue Church, Dover, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1908-1910, Mattapan, Massachusetts, 1910-1914, First Unitarian Church, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1914-1916, 2d Parish (Unitarian), Marlboro, Massachusetts, 1916-1918, Wellesley Hills Church, Massachusetts, 1918-1919, West Side Unitarian Church, New York City, 1919-1925. Professor comparative religion Antioch College, 1925-1926.
Head Bureau Lecturers, National Association Book Publications, 1927.
Minister Church of Divine Paternity (Universalist), New York City, 1927-1929. Founder and leader First Humanist Society New York Champion of evolution in debates with Review John Roach Straton, in Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1923, 24.
Assisted defense as Bible expert at Scopes trial, Dayton, Tennessee, 1925. Founder, first president Euthanasia Society American, 1938.
Member Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Brown, Listeners (New York City).
Married Clara Cook, June 25, 1908. Children: Richard Milton, Francis Newton, Myron Faunce.