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Clarence Barbour

Clarence Barbour

President of Brown University

Clarence Augustus Barbour (April 21, 1867 – January 16, 1937) was an American Baptist clergyman and educator most notable for having served as the president of Brown University.

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Biography

Early life

He was born on April 21, 1867, in Hartford, Connecticut.[1] He graduated from Brown University in 1888.[2]

Career

He served as the president of his alma mater, Brown University, from 1929 to 1936.[3] He also served as president of the Rochester Theological Seminary for thirteen years.[4] He was a member of the Laymen's Commission that produced "Re-Thinking Missions: A Laymen's Inquiry after One Hundred Years" (1932), which was a harsh critique of foreign missions.

His wife, Florence Newell Barbour, was a musician and composer.[5]

Death

He died on January 16, 1937, in Providence, Rhode Island, at the age of 69, two weeks before his planned retirement from Brown.[6]

Selected works

  • Barbour, Clarence A. (1910), Fellowship Hymns, New York: YMCA Press, OCLC 61651063
  • Barbour, Clarence A. (1911), The Bible in the World of Today, New York: YMCA Press, OCLC 5580727
  • Barbour, Clarence A. (1912), Making Religion Efficient, New York: YMCA Press, OCLC 5428960
  • Barbour, Clarence A. (1917), The Service Song Book, New York: YMCA Press, OCLC 12175612
  • Hocking, William Ernest, Re-Thinking Missions: A Laymen's Inquiry after One Hundred Years (1932) Harper & Brothers, New York City.

References

  1. [1]
    "DR. C. A. BARBOUR, EDUCATOR, IS DEAD", The New York Times (published 1937-01-17), p. 47, 17 January 1937, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-05
  2. [2]
    "DR. BARBOUR CHOSEN BROWN PRESIDENT", The New York Times (published 1928-10-11), p. 19, 11 October 1928, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-10-05
  3. [3]
    Mitchell, Martha (1993), "Barbour, Clarence A.", Encyclopedia Brunoniana, Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University Library, p. 50, OCLC 31085279, retrieved 2009-10-05
  4. [4]
    Rochester Theological Seminary (1920), General catalogue 1850 to 1920, Rochester, New York: E. R. Andrews Printing Co., p. 27, OCLC 7407942, retrieved 2009-10-05
  5. [5]
    "IMSLP page for Florence Newell Barbour, with link to Baker (1919), Musicsack, VIAF". Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Milestones, Jan. 25, 1937". Time. 1937-01-25. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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