Background
Whitaker, Robert was born on September 9, 1863 in Lancashire, England. Son of Robert and Agnes (Waddington) Whitaker.
Whitaker, Robert was born on September 9, 1863 in Lancashire, England. Son of Robert and Agnes (Waddington) Whitaker.
Educated Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts, 1 year. Graduate Newton Theological Institution, 1887.
Missionary at Aguas Calientes, Mexico, 1887-1888. Pastor Seattle, Washington, 1888-1890, Salem, Oregon, 1890-1893, Oakland, California, 1893-1898. General missionary and correspondent secretary General Baptist Convention of California, 1898-1901.
Pastor Palo Alto, California, 1901.
Teacher of ethics and public speaking, State University of New 1902-1903. Pastor Oakland, California, 1903-1907.
Evangelist, and lecturer on social and educational lines, 1907-1908. Pastor Los Gatos, California, 1909-1921, Seattle, Washington, 1922-1923.
Educational work, San Diego, California, 1923-1924.
Field secretary American Civil Liberties Union, and editor Open Forum, 1924-1926. General educational, literary and social publicity since 1927. Editorial writer for Pacific Baptist, 1891-1899.
Author: My Country and Other Verse.
The Gospel at Work in Modern Life. Why Callest Thou Maine Good?.
One Woman’s Worth. Laughter and Life, prize essay, 1915.
Social Song, and Other Verse, 1936. The Call of the Human (verse), 1937.
The World Community—The Way Out of World Chaos, 1940. Contributor to many periodicals and magazines, essays, stories, editorials, verse, et cetera
Home: 15 Lyndon Avenue, Los Gatos, California.
Married Ellen Jennie Longley, June 11, 1887 (died April. Married second, Claire Esther Wall, March 5, 1907.