Robert Forman Horton British

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 Nonconformist divine, was born in London

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He was educated at Shrewsbury School

Shrewsbury School

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 and New College, Oxford

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, where he took first classes in classics. He was president of the Oxford Union

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 in 1877. He became a fellow of his college in 1879, and lectured on history for four years.

In 1880 he accepted an influential invitation to become pastor of the Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church

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, Hampstead

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, and subsequently took a very prominent part in church and denolninational work generally. He delivered the Lyman Beecher

Lyman Beecher

Lyman Beecher was a Presbyterian minister, American Temperance Society co-founder and leader, and the father of 13 children, many of whom were noted leaders, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher, and Thomas...

 lectures at Yale

Yale University

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 in 1893; in 1898 he was chairman of the London Congregational Union; and in 1903 of the Congregational Union of England and Wales.

In 1909 he took a prominent part in the 75th anniversary celebration of Hartford Theological Seminary. His numerous publications include books on theological, critical, historical, biographical and devotional subjects.
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