Background
Shields, Charles Woodruff was born on April 4, 1825 in New Albany, Indiana, United States. Son of James Read and Hannah (Woodruff) Shields.
clergyman religious studies educator
Shields, Charles Woodruff was born on April 4, 1825 in New Albany, Indiana, United States. Son of James Read and Hannah (Woodruff) Shields.
Graduate Princeton, 1844. (Doctor of Divinity, 1861. Doctor of Laws, Columbian University, 1871).
Took 4 years course, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1844-1888.
Licensed to preach, 1848. Ordained, 1849; pastor Presbyterian Church, Hempstead, Long Island.
Pastor 2d Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1850-1865. Clergyman, professor harmony of science and revealed religion, Princeton, from 1865.
Ordained minister in Protestant Episcopal Church, December 13, 1898, retaining chair at Princeton.
Peter Bain, Albany, New York, November 22, 1848. Married second, Elizabeth, daughter Honorary John K. Kane, Philadelphia, April 25, 1861.
Author: The Historic Episcopate, 1892.
The Presbyterian Book of Common Prayer, 1893. The United Church of the United States, 1896.
The Reformer of Geneva, 1898. The Scientific Evidences of Revealed Religion, 1900.
Home: Princeton, New Jersey.
Married Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter Married second, Elizabeth, daughter