Davidson, Robert Franklin

Title: Davidson, Robert Franklin
Description: Born in Chester, South Carolina to Z. V. and Kate Gaston Davidson, Robert Franklin Davidson attended Davidson College where he was Salutatorian of the Class of 1923 and was the first student initiated into the Davidson chapter of Phi Beta Kappa that year. He entered the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in Kentucky in 1925 and while there was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar from South Carolina. He completed his training at Oxford University in 1928 and later obtained a Ph. D. in Philosophy at Yale University. He was awarded honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from both Limestone College and Davidson College.
birthday: 1902
Death Date: 1985