Charles Augustus Briggs

American scholar and theologian (1841–1913)

1841 – 1913 ·

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Born: 15 January 1841, New York City
Died: 8 June 1913, New York City
Citizenship: United States
Educated at: Union Theological Seminary, University of Virginia, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Field of work: theology, liberal Christianity, biblical theology, biblical criticism, Hebrew
Employer: Union Theological Seminary
Religion: Presbyterianism
Buried at: Green-Wood Cemetery
archives at: Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
child: Emilie Grace Briggs
contributed to creative work: Popular Science
convicted of: heresy
described by source: Library of the World's Best Literature, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
family name: Briggs
father: Alanson Tuthill Briggs
given name: Charles
instance of: human
languages spoken, written or signed: English
name in native language: Charles Augustus Briggs
sex or gender: male
spouse: Julia Valentine Dobbs Briggs

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Charles Augustus Briggs (January 15, 1841 – June 8, 1913), American Presbyterian (and later Episcopalian) scholar and theologian, was born in New York City, the son of Alanson Briggs and Sarah Mead Berrian. He was excommunicated from the Presbyterian Church for heresy due to his liberal theology regarding the Bible.

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