Background
Holland, Robert Afton was born in June 1844 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Chappel and Elizabeth Lewis (Turner) Holland.
Holland, Robert Afton was born in June 1844 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Chappel and Elizabeth Lewis (Turner) Holland.
Educated Louisville College. Honorary (S.T.D., Racine College. Doctor of Civil Law, University of the South).
Chaplain C.S.A., 1862-1865. Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 1866-1870. Editor Christian Advocate, 1870-1872.
Took orders in P.E. ministry, 1872. Rector St. George’s, St. Louis, 1872-1880, Trinity, Chicago, 1880-1884, Trinity, New Orleans, 1884-1886, St. George’s, St. Louis, since 1886, emeritus. Author: The Philosophy of the Real Presence.
Relations of Philosophy to Agnosticism and Religion. The Proof of Immortality. Midsummer Night’s Dream, an Interpretation.
What Is the Use of Going to Church?. Why Keep Lent?, 1900. Which Bible?; The Commonwealth of Man, 1905.
Address: St. Louis, Mo.
Married Theodosia Everett, 1864. Married second, Emma Carroll Sprague, 1901.