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Frank S. (Frank Stockton) Dobbins

1855–1916

An American writer and Baptist missionary, he explored religion on a sweeping scale, turning world beliefs, myths, and customs into ambitious popular histories. His books offer a vivid glimpse of how late 19th-century readers were introduced to comparative religion.

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Error's chains : How forged and broken : A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen into and practised from the creation down to the present time.

Error's chains : How forged and broken : A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has fallen into and practised from the creation down to the present time.

by Frank S. (Frank Stockton) Dobbins

About the author

Born on June 28, 1855, Frank Stockton Dobbins was an American author whose work ranged across religion, mythology, and missionary reference writing. Records from the American Baptist Historical Society identify him as Rev. Frank Stockton Dobbins and note missionary service in Yokohama, Japan, from 1876 to 1883.

Dobbins is best known for large, wide-ranging books such as Error's Chains: How Forged and Broken, False Gods, A Foreign Missionary Manual, and Story of the World's Worship. Library and public-domain catalog records show that his writing focused on world religions, belief systems, customs, and missionary knowledge, making his books part reference work and part popular survey for general readers.

He died on July 22, 1916. Today, his works survive mainly through library collections and digital archives, where they remain of interest to readers curious about Victorian-era views of religion and the global history of worship.