Francis Patton
| Francis Landey Patton | |
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| President of Princeton University | |
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In office 1888–1902 |
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| Preceded by | James McCosh |
| Succeeded by | Woodrow Wilson |
| President of Princeton Theological Seminary | |
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In office 1902–1913 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield |
| Succeeded by | J. Ross Stevenson |
| Personal details | |
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February 22, 1843 Warwick Parish, Bermuda |
| Died | November 26, 1932 (aged 89) Bermuda |
Francis Landey Patton (February 22, 1843 – November 25, 1932), American educator, academic administrator, and theologian, and the twelfth president of Princeton University.
He was born in Warwick Parish, Bermuda, part of the British Overseas Territories, and attended Warwick Academy. He studied at Knox College, Toronto and at the University of Toronto; graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1865; was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in June 1865; was pastor of the 84th Street Presbyterian Church, New York City, and in 1867-1870, of the South Church, Brooklyn.
In 1871, Patton moved to Chicago to become minister of the Jefferson Park Presbyterian Church, Chicago (1874–1881). From 1872 to 1881, he was also a professor at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. He wrote The Inspiration of the Scriptures (1869), and Summary of Christian Doctrine (1874).
Patton was opposed to the spread of liberal Christianity in his denomination, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. As editor of a Presbyterian weekly entitled Interior, he denounced the growth of liberalism in the Chicago Presbytery.
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