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Maltbie Davenport Babcock Biography

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BABCOCK, Maltbie Davenport (1858-1901). An American Presbyterian clergyman. He was born at Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1858; graduated at Syracuse University in 1879 and at Auburn (N. Y.) Theological Seminary in 1882; became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Lockport, N. Y., in 1882; of the Brown Memorial Church, Baltimore, Md., in 1887; and of the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1899. On the very threshold of what promised to be an exceptional career, he died at Naples, Italy, May 18, 1901, as he was on his way home from a trip in the East. After his death his wife and Miss Sanford published some selections from his spoken and written words, including some admirable poems, under the title Thoughts for Every-Day Living (New York, 1901); and later appeared Letters from Egypt and Palestine (1902). Consult his life, by Robinson (New York, 1904); and Stone, Footsteps in a Parish (New York, 1908).