Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
| Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield | |
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| 4th Principal of Princeton Theological Seminary | |
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In office 1886–1921 |
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| Preceded by | Archibald Alexander Hodge |
| Succeeded by | Francis Landey Patton as first president |
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| Born |
November 5, 1851 Lexington, Kentucky |
| Died | February 16, 1921 (aged 69) Princeton, New Jersey |
| Spouse(s) | Annie Pierce Kinkead |
| Parents | William Warfield Mary Cabell Breckinridge |
| Education |
Princeton University Princeton Seminary |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (November 5, 1851 – February 16, 1921) was professor of theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. He served as the last principal of the Princeton Theological Seminary from 1886 to 1921. After the death of Warfield in office, Francis Landey Patton took over the functions of the office as the first president of seminary. Some conservative Presbyterians consider him to be the last of the great Princeton theologians before the split in 1929 that formed Westminster Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
Warfield was born near Lexington, Kentucky on November 5, 1851. His parents were William Warfield and Mary Cabell Breckinridge, originally from Virginia and quite wealthy. His maternal grandfather was the Presbyterian preacher Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800–1871), the son of John Breckinridge, a former United States Senator and Attorney General. Warfield's uncle was John C. Breckinridge, the fourteenth Vice President of the United States, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. His brother, Ethelbert Dudley Warfield was a Presbyterian minister and college president. A fourth cousin twice removed of his was Wallis Warfield Simpson, for whom Great Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated his throne in order to marry.
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