Charles Francis Potter
Charles Francis Potter | |
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Potter in 1925 during the Scopes Trial | |
| Born | October 28, 1885 |
| Died | October 4, 1962 (aged 76) |
| Education | Bucknell University MA 1916, Newton Theological Institution BD 1913, STM 1917 |
| Occupation(s) | Unitarian Minister, theologian, author |
Charles Francis Potter (October 28, 1885 – October 4, 1962) was an American Unitarian minister, theologian, and author.
In 1923 and 1924, he became nationally known through a series of debates with John Roach Straton, a fundamentalist Christian. They were soon published in four volumes entitled The Battle Over the Bible, Evolution versus Creation, The Virgin Birth—Fact or Fiction? and Was Christ Both Man and God?