The Theology of Robert Hall Jr.: The Undermining of Calvinism among the English Particular Baptists - Paperbackby Austin Walker (Author) Robert Hall (1760 1831) became a prominent figure in Nonconformist and wider circles during the first three decades of the nineteenth century. He was preeminently a preacher endowed with unusual powers of oratory which captivated his congregations in Cambridge, Leicester, and Bristol. He was brought up in a Particular Baptist environment (his own father was the "father figure" in the Northamptonshire Baptist Association).