Background
Brown, Charles Rufus was born on February 22, 1849 in E. Kingston, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Samuel Emmons and Elvira Latham (Small) Brown.
Brown, Charles Rufus was born on February 22, 1849 in E. Kingston, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Samuel Emmons and Elvira Latham (Small) Brown.
Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, 1869. Ensign United States Navy, 1870-1871. Master, 1871-1875; Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1877.
Student Newton Theological Institution, 1874-1875 and 1877-1879, Union Theological Seminary, 1878-1879, University of Berlin, 1879-1880, University of Leipzig, 1880-1881.
Doctor of Philosophy, Colby University, 1887. Doctor of Divinity, Colgate University, 1892.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1881. Pastor Franklin Falls, 1881-1883. Associate professor Biblical interpretation, 1883-1886.
Professor Hebrew and cognate language, since 1886, Newton Theological Institution Supplied First Church, Salem, Massachusetts, 1885.
Acting pastor, Main Saint Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1886-1887. Professor Hebrew and cognate languages, University of Chicago, summer quarter, 1897.
Acting professor Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis, Boston University School of Theology, 1905-1906. Resident director American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem (Syria), 1910-1911.
Author: An Aramaic Method, 1884, 1893.
The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (new translation), 1906. Commentary on Jeremiah, 1907. Home: Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Married Clarissa Locke Dodge, November 27, 1884.