Frank Hugh Foster, Ph. D., D.D. (June 19, 1851 – October 20, 1935) was an American
clergyman
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United States Naval Academy
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, graduated at
Andover Theological Seminary
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(1877), served as pastor at
North Reading, Massachusetts
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History
The area was first settled in 1651 when the town of Reading received a special ...
, studied at
Göttingen
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The ori ...
and
Leipzig
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(1879–1882), and from 1882 to 1884 was professor of philosophy in Middlebury College. In 1884 he was appointed professor of Church history in the Oberlin Theological Seminary; from 1892 to 1902, he served at
Berkeley, California
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Olivet, Michigan
Olivet is a city in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,605 at the 2010 census. Olivet College is located in the city.
History
From its founding in 1844 through the 1910 census,Bibliotheca Sacra''; translated Grotius' ''Defense'' (1889); and wrote ''Christian Life and Theology'' (1900), and ''A Genetic History of the New England Theology'' (on the New England Theology).