Background
Beattie, Francis Robert was born on March 31, 1848 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Son of Robert and Janet (McKinley) Beattie.
Beattie, Francis Robert was born on March 31, 1848 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Son of Robert and Janet (McKinley) Beattie.
Graduate Toronto University, 1875. A.M., 1876, Knox (Theological) College, 1878. Bachelor of Divinity, 1882.
Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois Wesleyan, 1884. Doctor of Divinity, Presbyterian College, Montreal, 1887 (honorary Doctor of Laws, Central University Kentucky).
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1878, pastor in Canada, 1878-1888. In Presbyterian Church South, since 1888. Professor Columbia, South Carolina., Seminary, 1888-1893.
Professor apologetics and systematic theology, Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky, since 1893. Associate editor Christian Observer, since 1893. Associate editor Presbyterian Quarterly, since 1895.
Member of Executive Committee Alliance Reformed Churches Holding the Presbyterian System (Western Section). Member Scottish Society of Louisville.
Married Jean G. Galbraith, 1879 (died 1897). Married second, Lily R. Satterwhite, 1901.