Joseph Chandler Robbins

Background

Robbins, Joseph Chandler was born on March 20, 1874 in Rodan, Nova Scoti. Son of Joseph Henry and Mary Gauld (Scott) Robbins.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1897, Doctor of Divinity, 1919. Doctor of Divinity, Acadia U., 1931. Graduate Newton Theological Institution, 1902.

Doctor of Divinity, Franklin College, 1919.

Career

Ordained Baptist ministry, 1902. Missionary P.I., 1902-1909. Foreign secretary American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, 1916-1940.

Pastor Baptist Church, Garden City, New York. President Northern Baptist Convention, 1942-1944. Trustee Brown U.

Works

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• Other Work

  • The appeal of India,: A report of visits to the British India mission fields of the American Baptist foreign mission society, with observations ... Burma, Assam, Bengal-Orissa, and South India,

    (The appeal of India, : A report of visits to the British ...)

  • Valiant for Truth: The Biography of Frederick Lincoln Anderson

    (Format Paperback Subject Literary Collections)

  • Following the Pioneers: A Story of American Baptist Mission Work in India and Burma [ 1922 ]

    (Originally published in 1922. This volume from the Cornel...)

Membership

Member 1st N.H. Vols. Spanish-American War. Member Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Effie B. Starkey, June 7, 1902.

Father:

Joseph Henry Robbins

Mother:

Mary Gauld (Scott) Robbins

Spouse:

Effie B. Starkey