Robert Allen Hume

Background

Hume, Robert Allen was born on March 18, 1857 in Bombay, India. Son of Review Robert Wilson and Hannah D. (Sackett) Hume.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1868, A.M., 1871. Yale Division School, 1869-1871. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1873.

Doctor of Divinity, Yale, 1895.

Career

Taught 1 year in General Russell’s Military School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1 year Edwards School, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Ordained Congressional ministry, 1874. Missionary B.C.F.M., Admednagar, India, August 12, since 1874.

Presented by Queen Victoria, January 1, 1901, with Kaiser-i-Hind gold medal for public service in India. Hyde lecturer on foreign missions, Andover Theological Seminary, 1904-1905. Author: Missions from the Modern View.

An Interpretation of India’s Religious History.

Connections

Married Katie Fairbank, of Ahmednagar, India, September 8, 1887. Children: Ruth P., R. E., Mistress Hannah H. Lee, W. M., W. F., Henry W., Mistress Mary B. Maguire.

Father:

Review Robert Wilson Hume

Mother:

Hannah D. (Sackett) Hume

Spouse:

Katie Fairbank

child:

Henry W. Hume

child:

R. E. Hume

child:

Ruth P. Hume

child:

Mistress Hannah H. Lee Hume

child:

W. F. Hume

child:

Mistress Mary B. Maguire Hume

child:

W. M. Hume