Ezekiel Gilman Robinson (March 23, 1815June 13, 1894) was an American

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clergyman, theologian and

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, born at

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, and educated at Brown University and at Newton Theological Institution. He preached at

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, and at

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, was professor of

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and biblical interpretation in the Western Theological Seminary (

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), and in 1849 accepted a call to a church in

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. Three years later he was appointed professor of theology in Rochester Theological Seminary and in 1868 was made its president. From 1872 to 1889 he was president of Brown University, and from 1893 to his death he occupied the

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and

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at the

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. He edited the '' Christian Review'' from 1859 to 1864. Ezekiel Gilman Robinson by Otto Grundmann

Presidency of Brown

Some of the highlights of his presidency at Brown include: * Held the Chair of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics * Erection of the Robinson Library (1878); Slater Hall; Sayles Hall; and an addition to Rhode Island Hall * College funds were increased * Delivered the baccalaureate sermons * He delivered a series of lectures on the History of Intellectual Philosophy and Metaphysical Science in Manning Hall * Preached in pulpits across Providence

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* 1815 births 1894 deaths American educational theorists American theologians Baptist ministers from the United States Brown University alumni People from Attleboro, Massachusetts Presidents of Brown University Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School faculty 19th-century American clergy {{US-theologian-stub

Presidency of Brown

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