B. B. Warfield

B. B. Warfield
4th Principal of Princeton Theological Seminary
In office
1886–1902
Preceded byArchibald Alexander Hodge
Succeeded byFrancis Landey Patton as first president
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

(1851-11-05)November 5, 1851
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedFebruary 16, 1921(1921-02-16) (aged 69)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
SpouseAnnie Pierce Kinkead
Parent(s)William Warfield
Mary Cabell Breckinridge
EducationPrinceton University
Princeton Seminary

Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (November 5, 1851 – February 16, 1921) was an American professor of Reformed theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921. He served as the last principal of the Princeton Theological Seminary from 1886 to 1902. After the death of Warfield in office, Francis Landey Patton took over the functions of the office as the first president of seminary. Some conservative Presbyterians[1] consider him to be the last of the great Princeton theologians before the split in 1929 that formed Westminster Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

  1. ^ For example, see J Gresham Machen as quoted in Noll 1983, p. 16: "It seemed to me, that the old Princeton – a great institution it was – died when Warfield was carried out.”