Henry Douglas Robinson Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Henry Douglas Robinson
Honorific Suffix:D.D.
Elected:October 1907
Term:1908–1913
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Predecessor:Abiel Leonard
Successor:George Coolidge Hunting
Ordination:February 8, 1888
Ordained By:John Wingfield
Consecration:March 25, 1908
Consecrated By:Daniel S. Tuttle
Birth Date:15 March 1859
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Religion:Anglican
Parents:Alexander Douglas & Clara Boate
Spouse:Florence Bruce
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Henry Douglas Robinson (March 15, 1859 - December 18, 1913) was missionary bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada.

Education and career

Robinson was born on March 15, 1859, in Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of Alexander Douglas and Clara Boate. He graduated from Racine College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1884 and with a Master of Arts in 1887. In 1902, he also earned his Doctor of Divinity from the same college. He was an instructor of mathematics at San Mateo, California Military Academy between 1885 and 1889 and served as Headmaster between 1889 and 1900. In 1900, he became the warden of Racine College. He was ordained deacon on September 19, 1886, by Bishop William Ingraham Kip of California in Grace Church, San Francisco. He was then advanced to the priesthood on February 8, 1888, by Bishop John Henry Ducachet Wingfield of Northern California.[1] [2] [3]

Bishop

In 1907, Robinson was elected as the Missionary Bishop of Nevada. He was consecrated on March 25, 1908, by Presiding Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle in St Luke's Church in Racine, Wisconsin. He was also a bishop associate of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament.[4] He died in office on December 18, 1913, in St. Luke's Hospital, New York City.[5]

References

Notes and References

  1. 1941. Protestant Episcopal Church. Inventory of the Church Archives of Nevada . 9.
  2. 1914. In Memoriam. Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Western Michigan . 87.
  3. January 1898. Clergy of the diocese. The Church Times . 8. 5. 1.
  4. April 30, 1944. Correction on a Correction. . 108. 18. 3.
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1913/12/19/archives/bishop-of-nevada-dead-__o__-rt-rev-henry-douglas-robinson-dies-in.html "BISHOP OF NEVADA DEAD.; __o__ Rt. Rev. Henry Douglas Robinson Dies in St. Luke's Hospital."