San Francisco County Biographies

PROFESSOR CHARLES GORDON BUCK

Submitted by: Pamela Storm Wolfskill & Ron Filion

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San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1907

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE FOUNDERS AND PRINCIPAL SUPPORTERS 
OF THE SAN FRANCISCO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

A very important part in the education of ministers is the training of the voice 
for singing and speaking.  For this work the chair of �Vocal Culture and Sacred 
Music� was established and endowed in the San Francisco Theological Seminary 
April 24, 1890, and at the same time Mr. Charles G. Buck of San Rafael was 
elected �Severin Instructor� therein. 
Professor Buck was born in 1847 in New Orleans.  He removed to New York, and was 
there engaged in business for a time, but kept up the study of music all the 
while.  In 1878 he was called to teach singing in Hampton Normal Institute, Va.  
The following year he went to teach in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and remained there 
until 1888, when he came to California.  His musical abilities attracted the 
attention of the Seminary Directors, and on April 24, 1890, he was elected 
Instructor in Vocal Culture and Sacred Music.  In this work, and in conducting 
the music on public occasions, he has proved himself very efficient. 
Professor Buck is also one of the proprietors of the Mount Tamalpais Military 
Academy, San Rafael, Cal., where his talents are put to good use. 
 
Source:  Curry, James, D.D., History of the San Francisco Theological Seminary 
of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and Its Alumni Association 
Reporter Publishing Company, Vacaville, California, 1907.