Henry Ephraim Robins

Background

Robins, Henry Ephraim was born on September 30, 1827 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Gurdon and Julia (Savage) Robins.

Education

Graduate Newton Theological Institution, 1861. (Doctor of Divinity, University of Rochester, 1868. Doctor of Laws, Colby, 1890).

Career

Ordained Baptist ministry, 1861. Pastor Central Church, Newport, Rhode Island, 1861-1867, First Church, Rochester, New York, 1867-1873. President Colby University, 1873-1882.

Professor Christian ethics, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1882-1904.

President New York State Baptist Convention, 1873, Maine State Baptist Convention, 3 years Author: Harmony of Ethics with Theology, 1891. Christian as Distinguished from Secular Education, 1895.

The Ethics of the Christian Life, or the Science of Right Living. Faith Rational. Home: Greenfield, Massachusetts

Achievements

• Henry Ephraim Robins has been listed as a noteworthy theologian by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Martha J. Bird, August 11, 1864 (died 1867). Married second, Margaret Richardson, September 4, 1872 (died 1873).