Background
Little, Charles Joseph was born on September 21, 1840 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Rowell and Ann (Zimmermann) Little.
Little, Charles Joseph was born on September 21, 1840 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Rowell and Ann (Zimmermann) Little.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1861, A.M., 1864. Studied Berlin, 1870-1871. (honorary Doctor of Philosophy, DePauw, 1882.
Doctor of Laws, Dickinson, 1885. S.T.D., Northwestern University, 1905).
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1862. Pastor, Newark. Delaware, 1862-1863, St. James’ and Spring Garden St. chs., Philadelphia, 1863-1865, Springfield, Pennsylvania, 1865-1866, Chestnut Hill., Philadelphia, 1866-1867. Teacher mathematics, Dickinson Seminary, Pennsylvania, 1867-1869.
Pastor Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1872-1874. Professor philosophy and history, Dickinson College, 1874-1885. Professor logic and history, Syracuse University, 1885-1891.
Professor history theology, 1891-1895, president, since 1895, Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois Librarian Pennsylvania State Library, 1882-1885. Fernley lecturer to British Conference, 1900. Author: Christianity and the Nineteenth Century, 1900.
The Angel in the Flame, 1904.
Married Anna Marina Schultze, of Berlin, December 3, 1872.