Background
Macdonald, Robert was born on July 22, 1861 in Liverpool, Nova Scoti. Son of Edward and Emma (Saunders) Macdonald.
Macdonald, Robert was born on July 22, 1861 in Liverpool, Nova Scoti. Son of Edward and Emma (Saunders) Macdonald.
Acadia College, Nova Scoti, 1878-1879. Newton Theological Institution, 1882-1885. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1894, A.M., 1895, Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 1896.
Doctor of Philosophy., New York University, 1910. (Doctor of Divinity, Acadia, 1908).
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1885. Pastor Georgetown, Massachusetts, 1885-1887, Methuen, 1887-1891, Warren Avenue Church, Boston, 1891-1898. Washington Avenue Church, Brooklyn, since 1898.
University preacher at Harvard, 1899, 1900. Lecturer on psychotherapy, and the Emmanuel movement. Life member Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences.
Clubs: Oxford, Alpha Kappa, Ministerial, Interdenominational.
Married Ada Tenney, of Methuen, Massachusetts, June, 1889.