Background
Davis, Robert was born on July 29, 1881 in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Henry (Doctor of Divinity) and Emma Prescilla (Meacham) D.
Davis, Robert was born on July 29, 1881 in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Henry (Doctor of Divinity) and Emma Prescilla (Meacham) D.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1903. Graduate study, Harvard, 1903-1904. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1908.
Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1908.
Doctor of Divinity, Kingfisher College, 1915.
Teacher English, Dartmouth, 1904-1905. Associate minister Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1908-1910. Minister Englewood (New Jersey) Presbyterian Church, 1910-1917.
Served as major American Red Cross, with American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1918.
Commissioner American Red Cross to Cossack States, 1919, to Austria and Hungary, 1920. Engaged in wine and cattle business, Margaux, Gironde, France, from 1920.
Managing director American Hos. Of Paris, 1931-1933; chief editorial writer New York Herald, Paris edit, 1931-1934.
Director American Library in Paris, 1931-1935.
Chairman French Wine Growers Marketing Committee, from 1935. Instructor Biblical literature, Middlebury (Vermont) College from 1936. Acting pastor Union Church, Proctor, Vermont, from 1942.
Member jury Inter-Colonial Exposition, Paris, 1931. Club: American of Paris (vice president).
Married Louise Post Corwith, January 1, 1911. Married second, Kathleen Johnston, October 20, 1920. Children: Corwith, Robert (deceased).