Charles Augustus Aiken (October 30, 1827 – January 14, 1892) was an American clergyman and academic.

Biography

He was born in Manchester, Vermont, on October 30, 1827, to John Aiken and Harriet Adams Aiken. He graduated from

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in 1846, at the age of nineteen, and went on to Andover Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1853. He married Sarah Noyes on October 17, 1854, and was ordained a pastor of the

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, that same year. In 1859, he took the position of professor of Latin languages and literature at Dartmouth College, remaining in that position through 1866. He left there to teach at the

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then, and continued there through 1869. He became president of

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June 28, 1870, having discharged the duties of the office during the preceding year. He left that position in 1871, to become the first

Archibald Alexander Archibald Alexander (April 17, 1772 – October 22, 1851) was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. He served for 9 years as the President of Hampden–Sydney College in Virginia and for 39 year ...

professor of Christian ethics and apologetics at Princeton Theological Seminary, which he remained in that position until his death. In 1870, he translated and edited ''The Proverbs of Solomon Theologically and Homiletically Expounded'' he was also an editor of the ''Princeton Review'', and a contributor to other periodicals. He died at

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, on January 14, 1892.

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Sources

*''Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1892.'' Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963. Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aiken, Charles Augustus 1827 births 1892 deaths Dartmouth College alumni Academics from Portland, Maine Dartmouth College faculty Princeton University faculty Princeton Theological Seminary faculty Andover Theological Seminary alumni People from Manchester, Vermont Presidents of Union College (New York) Clergy from Portland, Maine 19th-century American clergy