Archibald Alexander (A.A.) Hodge

1823-1886

“Archibald Alexander Hodge was born in Princeton on the 18th day of July, 1823. He was surrounded by a literary atmosphere in his boyhood, and came into close contact with that coterie of distinguished men who met habitually in his father’s study to discuss the great theological topics of the times. “He was clever and genial, and fond of saying extravagant things;” but he “matured slowly,” and as a boy was neither indolent nor over-studious. He was the subject of religious impressions at an early age, and religion was always the dominating feature of his life. He had prejudices, and his likes and dislikes were not always under the control of his reason and his will, but they invariably gave way in the presence of his religious feelings and his loyalty to Christ. We have never known a man who exhibited a more unselfish desire to serve his Master.” - F. L. Patton