Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Burrowes, George, 1811-1894 San Francisco Theological Seminary Princeton Theological Seminary Presbyterian Church
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 2 half record boxes (1 linear foot)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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George Burrowes Diaries and Papers. San Francisco Theological Seminary
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes writings, diaries and related documents.
- Biographical / historical:
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George Burrowes was born April 3, 1811, at Millham, near Trenton, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton College in 1832 and received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1835. After serving various churches in New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania, he was selected by the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church to teach in California. He arrived in San Francisco via Panama in 1859. There he helped found City College of San Francisco. He returned to the East Coast in 1865, serving as professor of religious instruction at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He returned to San Francisco and became head of Hebrew Language and Literature at San Francisco Theological Seminary on December 4, 1871. In 1890 he was made Emeritus Professor and retired. He died on April 21, 1895.
- Acquisition information:
- The papers are part of the historical record of the seminary.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open to the public.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the San Francisco Theological Seminary.
- Preferred citation:
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George Burrowes Diaries and Papers. San Francisco Theological Seminary
- Location of this collection:
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105 Seminary RoadSan Anselmo, CA 94960, US
- Contact:
- (415) 451-2848