Charles Grandison Finney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Grandison Finney

American writer

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1792

Place of Birth: Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 16-Aug-1875

Profession: writer, theologian, religious leader

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States.
He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism.
Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist during the period 1825–1835 in upstate New York and Manhattan, an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology, an advocate of Christian perfectionism, and a religious writer. Together with several other evangelical leaders, his religious views led him to promote social reforms, such as abolition of slavery and equal education for women and African Americans.
From 1835 he taught at Oberlin College of Ohio, which accepted students without regard to race or sex.
He served as its second president from 1851 to 1866, during which its faculty and students were activists for abolition, the Underground Railroad, and universal education.