Background
Watson, Robert was born on May 6, 1865 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Son of Robert and Catherine (Thomson) Watson.
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Robert Watson
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Came to Canada, 1873. Bachelor of Arts, University of New Brunswick, 1893. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1895.
Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1896. Doctor of Philosophy, Gale College, 1901. Doctor of Divinity, Cedarville, 1905, Doctor of Laws, 1923.
Doctor of Divinity, Washington and Jefferson, 1915.
Career
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1896. Pastor Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1896-1905, Second Church Cincinnati, 1905-1908, Church of the Covenant, Cincinnati, 1908-1915, Second Church, New York, 1915-1923, First Church, Boston, 1923-1929. Instructor pastoral theology, Lane Theological Seminary, 1905-1909.
Professor polity, Boston University, since 1923. Professor New Testament and sociology, Gordon College, 1923-1929. General secretary Lord’s Day League N.E., since 1929.
Trustee Lincoln U., Pennsylvania. Director American Tract Society, since 1917, Lord’s Day Alliance of America, 1917-1923 (vice president N.E. Alliance, 1923-1930. President New York Alliance, 1922-1929).
Commissioner to seven General Assemblies. Delegate Pan-Presbyterian Council, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1913, Cardiff, Wales, 1925, Belfast, Ireland, 1933. Host of Pan-Presbyterian Council, Boston, 1929.
Fraternal delegate.
Membership
Member executive commission. Member General Assembly Judicial Commission, 1924-1927 and since 1930. Honorary president Cincinnati Vigilance Society.
Member American Academy Political and Social Science, Inter-Church Clergy.
Connections
Married Georgia Maud Belyea, July 23, 1896. Children: Paul Belyea, Knox Belyea, Grace Navarre, Ruth Navarre, Robert (deceased), Mary Stewart, Robert Wycliffe.
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Republican