Charles Reynolds Brown
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BornOctober 1, 1862
Bethany, West Virginia, US
DiedNovember 28, 1950 (aged 88)
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Education
OccupationsCleric, educator
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| Born | October 1, 1862 Bethany, West Virginia, US |
| Died | November 28, 1950 (aged 88) New Haven, Connecticut, US |
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| Occupations | Cleric, educator |
Charles Reynolds Brown (October 1, 1862 – November 28, 1950) was an American Congregational clergyman and educator, born in Bethany, West Virginia. He graduated at the University of Iowa in 1883 and studied theology in Boston University. He lectured at various times at Leland Stanford, Yale, Cornell, and Columbia universities, and was pastor of the First Congregational Church at Oakland, California, from 1896 to 1911. In the latter year he became dean of the Yale Divinity School.
Brown was a guest preacher at Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island.[1]
He died at his home in New Haven, Connecticut on November 28, 1950.[2]
