Background
Griffin, Frederick Robertson was born on May 3, 1876 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Richard Andrew and Tabitha Folks (Taylor) Griffin.
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Frederick Robertson Griffin
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Bachelor of Arts, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1898, Doctor of Divinity, 1923. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Harvard, 1901, Doctor of Divinity, 1936. Doctor of Divinity, Amherst, 1943.
Career
Ordained Unitarian ministry, 1901. Pastor All Souls Church, Braintree, Massachusetts, 1901-1909, Church of the Messiah, Montreal, Canada, 1909-1917, 1st Church, Philadelphia, 1917-1947.
Membership
Member Academy Political Science of New York (life), Indian Rights Association (director), Public Edition and Child Labor Association (director), Community Health and Civic Association (director), Joseph Priestley Conference of Unitarian Churches (president 1933-1934), N.E. Society of Pennsylvania (president 1934-1936), American Unitarian Association (director). Member of the board of preachers, Harvard, 1934-1936, 1938-1942. Clubs: Union League, Contemporary (president 1929-1931), Harvard.
Connections
Married Edith Josephine Bell, October 9, 1901 (died November 30, 1939). Children: Cynthia, Frederick Robertson.
