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Briggs (CHARLES AUGUSTUS an American)

CHARLES AUGUSTUS, an American clergyman and religious writer, born in New York City, Jan. 15, 1841. In 1874 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was tried for heresy in 1892, but was acquitted. In 1899 he formally severed his connection with the Ala., Nov. 10, 1847. He studied at the was ordained man of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Among his works are " J. L. Gérôme, and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Elected to the American Academy of Design 1891, Chairman American Art Department, Paris Exposition 1900, and "The Bible, the Church, and the Reason"; "Christian Unity" (1909); "Theological pieces. Among his notable paintings are died in 1913.