Introduction

Biography

Charles was the son of Will­iam C. Hall, and hus­band of Jean­ie Stew­art Boyd (mar­ried 1877).

He ma­tric­u­lat­ed at Will­iams Col­lege at age 16. Af­ter gra­du­at­ing in 1872, he stu­died theo­lo­gy for two years at Un­ion Theo­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary in New York Ci­ty. He then spent a year in Lon­don and Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.

After re­turn­ing to Am­er­ica, Hall was for two years pas­tor of the Un­ion Pres­by­te­ri­an Church at New­burgh, New York.

He then served as pas­tor of the First Pres­by­te­ri­an Church of Brook­lyn un­til 1897, when he be­came pre­si­dent of Un­ion Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry.

He re­ceived three Doc­tor of Di­vi­ni­ty de­grees: from the Uni­ver­si­ty of New York (1890), Har­vard (1897), and Yale (1901). Un­ion Sem­in­ary award­ed him an LL. D. in 1905.