Background
Hawkins, Robert Martyr was born on February 21, 1887 in Boonville, Missouri, United States. Son of Charles Martyr and Mary Agnes (Mathews) Hawkins.
Hawkins, Robert Martyr was born on February 21, 1887 in Boonville, Missouri, United States. Son of Charles Martyr and Mary Agnes (Mathews) Hawkins.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, 1906. Master of Arts, Central College, 1907. Bachelor of Divinity, Vanderbilt University, 1910.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, 1927.
Doctor of Divinity, Birmingham-Southern College, 1923. Graduate study Yale, 1926-1927.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, deacon, 1912, elder, 1914. Minister South.W. Missouri Conference, 1910-1918. Pastor Cleveland Avenue Church, Kansas City, Missoury, Independence, Springfield, and Warrensburg, Missouri.
Professor philosophy and Biblical literature Birmingham (Alabama)-Southern College, 1918-1923, registrar, 1919-1923.
Professor Biblical literature and religious education Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1923-1928. Professor Old Testament Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1928-1932, professor Biblical literature, 1933-1938, professor New Testament, 1939-1955, emeritus professor, from 1955, registrar, 1929-1934.
Jeanette Miriam Goldberg lecturer Hebrew Union College, 1950.
Member South.W. Missouri Conference Methodist Church, 1910-1918, 1923-1928, North. Alabama Conference, 1918-1923, Tennessee Conference since 1928. Member Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Pi Gamma Museum.
Married Reuben Mastin Clarke, December 7, 1916.