Background
Foster, Frank Hugh was born on June 18, 1851 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Mary Flagg (Miller) Foster.
Foster, Frank Hugh was born on June 18, 1851 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Mary Flagg (Miller) Foster.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1873. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1877. Parker fellow of Harvard, 1881-1882.
Doctor of Philisophy, University of Leipzig, 1882.
Doctor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1894, Olivet College, 1909. South.T.D., Harvard, 1932.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1877. Professor philosophy, Middlebury, 1882-1884. Professor church history, Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1884-1892.
Professor systematic theology, Pacific Seminary (California), 1892-1902.
Pastor College and village church, Olivet, Michigan, 1904-1907. Professor history, 1907-1916, professor of philosophy, 1914-1916 (emeritus professor of history), Olivet (Michigan) College.
Non-resident professor Biblical literature, Lake Erie College, Painesville, O., 1919. Instructor Hebrew and Grek languages, Oberlin Graduate School of Theology, 1926-1933.
Contributor, since 1878, and some time editor, Bibliotheca Sacra, Oberlin, O. Author: Fundamental Ideas of the Roman Catholic Church, 1899.
Christian Life and Theology, 1900. A Genetic History of the New England Theology, 1907. Home: Oberlin, O.
Married Eliza C. Grout, August 20, 1877 (died 1912). Married second, Margaret Tracy Algoe, November 26, 1913 (died 1920). Children: Frederick Montague, Harold Park, Katharine Rose.