Henry Ephraim Robins
American college president
About Henry Ephraim Robins
Lived 1827 – 1917 (aged 89). Henry Ephraim Robins was an American.
Henry Ephraim Robins (1827–1917) was the eighth President of Colby College, Maine, United States, from 1873 to 1882.
Early life Henry Ephraim Robins was born in Hartford, Connecticut on September 30, 1827. He pursued studies at the Suffield Literary Institute and the Fairmount Theological Seminary in Kentucky. He was a cousin of actress and author Elizabeth Robins and Presidential Advisor Raymond Robins. In her diary, Elizabeth records meeting "Cousin Henry" and his wife Cordelia Ewell (Nott) on December 21, 1880.
He authored theological books such as "Ethics of the Christian Life" and wrote for Christian journals. He is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
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Who was Henry Ephraim Robins?
American college president (1827–1917)
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Henry Ephraim Robins was born on 30 September 1827 in Hartford.
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Henry Ephraim Robins died on 23 April 1917 in Greenfield.
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Henry Ephraim Robins was American.
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