Background
Patton, Francis Landey was born on January 22, 1843 in Warwick, Bermuda. Son of George John Bascombe and Mary Jane (Steele) Patton.
Patton, Francis Landey was born on January 22, 1843 in Warwick, Bermuda. Son of George John Bascombe and Mary Jane (Steele) Patton.
Educated Warwick Academy, Knox College, Toronto, University of Toronto. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1865. Doctor of Divinity, Hanover College, 1872, Yale, 1888.
Doctor of Laws, University of Wooster, 1878, Harvard, 1889, Toronto, 1894, Yale, 1901, Johns Hopkins, 1902, University of Maryland, 1907, Princeton University, 1913. Honorary Master of Arts, Princeton, 1896.
Review J. M. Stevenson, Doctor of Divinity, October 10, 1865. Children—George Stevenson, Francis Landey, Robert Hunter, John MacMillan Stevenson (deceased), Rosa Cecilia (deceased), Paul Richard (deceased), Alexander Hodge (deceased). Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1865.
Pastor, 84th St. Church, New York, 1865-1867, Nyack, 1867-1870, South Church, Brooklyn, 1871. Cyrus H. McCormick professor, Theological Seminary of the Northwest (now McCormick Seminary), Chicago, 1872-1881. Also pastor Jefferson Park Church, Chicago, 1874-1881.
Professor relations of philosophy and science to the Christian religion, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1881-1888, this chair being founded and endowed for Doctor Patton by late Robert L. Stewart. Professor ethics, Princeton University, 1886-1913, president 1888-1902, Princeton University. President and professor philosophy of religion, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1902-1913.
Moderator Presbyterian General Assembly, 1878. Author: The Inspiration of the Scriptures. Summary of Christian Doctrine.
Fundamental Christianity, 1926.
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Married Rosa Antoinette, d. Children: George Stevenson, Francis Landey, Robert Hunter, John MacMillan Stevenson (deceased), Rosa Cecilia (deceased), Paul Richard (deceased), Alexander Hodge (deceased).