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Born in Ipswich, MA on Sept. 15, 1783. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1802; A.M. 1806. At Harvard University: Tutor in Latin, 1805-1811; Professor of Latin, 1811-1814; College Professor of Latin, 1814-1817; Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, 1817-July 9, 1822. Died in Cambridge, MA July 9, 1822.
Born in Hingham, MA on Dec. 31, 1786. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1804; A.M. 1807; A.M. (Hon.), Bowdoin Coll., Me., 1815. At Bowdoin College: Tutor, 1809-1810. At Harvard University: Tutor in Mathematics and Natural History, Mar. 1, 1811-1811; Librarian, 1813-1821; Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Criticism, 1813-1819; Dexter Professor of Sacred Literature, 1819-Dec. 1, 1830. Died in Newport, R.I., Sept. 18, 1853.
Born in Sherburne, (now Sherborn), Apr. 1, 1764. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1785; S.T.D. 1806. Ordained at Hingham (First Parish), Oct. 24, 1787-May 5, 1805. At Harvard University: Hollis Professor of Divinity, 1805 (emeritus after 1840)-July 12, 1845. Died in Cambridge, July 12, 1845.
Born in Beverly, Sept. 19, 1780. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1798; A.M. 1801; A.M. (ad eundem), Brown Univ., R.I., 1810. At Harvard University: Librarian, 1800-1805; Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, 1807-Dec. 1, 1831. Died in Cambridge, Dec. 6, 1856.
Born in Dorchester, April 11, 1794. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1811; A.M. 1814; Ph.D., Göttingen Univ., Germany, 1817; LL.D., Yale Univ., Conn., 1833; LL.D. 1835; LL.D., Cambridge Univ., England, 1842; LL.D., Dartmouth Coll., N. H., 1849; D.C.L., Oxford Univ., England, 1843. Ordained (Unitarian) at Boston (Church in Brattle Square), Feb. 9, 1814-Mar. 5, 1815. At Harvard University: Eliot Professor of Greek Literature, 1815-1826. Member of Congress, 1825-1835. Governor of Massachusetts, 1836-1840. Minister to Great Britain, 1841-1845. Harvard University: President, Feb. 5, 1846-Feb. 1, 1849. U. S. Secretary of State, Oct. 1852-1853. U. S. Senator, 1853-May 1854. Died in Boston, Jan. 15, 1865.
Born in Romrod, Germany, Sept. 4, 1796. Education:J. U. D., Univ. of Giessen, Germany, 1817. University of Basle, Switzerland: Professor of Civil and Ecclesiastical Law, 1821-1824. At Harvard University: Instructor in German, 1825-1830; Instructor in History and Ethics, 1828-1830; Professor of the German Language and Literature, 1830-1835. Ordained (Unitarian) at Boston, Oct. 30, 1836. Served congregations in New York, N.Y., (First Congregational Church), May 1, 1837-May 1, 1838 and in East Lexington (Follen Church), May 1, 1839-Jan. 13, 1840. Died on Long Island Sound, Jan. 13, 1840.
Born in Hingham, MA Apr. 21, 1794. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1812; A.M. 1815; S.T.D. 1834. Ordained (Unitarian) in Boston (Second Church), Jan. 1, 1817-Oct. 3, 1830. At Harvard University: Professor (after 1840 Parkman Professor) of Pulpit Eloquence and the Pastoral Care, 1829-1842. Died in Framingham, MA Sept. 22, 1843.
Born in Boston on May 2, 1796. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1815; A.M. 1818 (HDS graduate 1818); S.T.D. 1834; LL.D., St. Andrews Univ., Scotland, 1838; LL.D. 1869. Ordained (Unitarian) at Boston (Church in Brattle Square), June 17, 1818-Feb. 20, 1831. At Harvard University: Professor of Biblical Literature, Nov. 11, 1830-1839; Dean of Divinity School, Nov. 11, 1830-1839. Member of Congress, 1847-1849. Died in Cambridge, April 26, 1881.
Born in Newburyport on Mar. 6, 1798. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1818; A.M. 1821 (HDS graduate 1822); S.T.D. 1839. Harvard University: Tutor in Greek, 1825-1827. Ordained (Unitarian) at Brookfield, Oct. 31, 1827-Oct. 15, 1834; Petersham, Oct. 15, 1834-Sept. 1840. At Harvard University: Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages and Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature, 1840-June 3, 1868. Died in Cambridge on June 3, 1868.
Born in West Cambridge (now Arlington) on Nov. 9,1795. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1815; A.M. 1818 (HDS graduate 1818); S.T.D. 1837. Ordained (Unitarian Congregational) at Watertown, June 23, 1819-Aug. 21, 1842. At Harvard University: Parkman Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and the Pastoral Care, 1842-Apr. 7, 1863. Died in Cambridge on Apr. 7, 1863
Born in Boston on Aug. 8, 1814. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1833; A.M. 1836 (HDS graduate 1836); S.T.D. 1857; LL.D. 1883. Ordained (Unitarian) at Charlestown, Mar. 11, 1840-July 1, 1869. At Harvard University: non-resident Professor of Systematic Theology, 1857-1863. Died in Boston on Dec. 20, 1894.
Born in Cambridge on Dec. 12, 1805. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1825; A.M. 1828 (HDS graduate 1828); S.T.D. 1852; LL.D. 1886. Ordained (Unitarian) in West Cambridge (now Arlington), May 20,1829-Mar. 9, 1835; Bangor, Me., May 3, 1835-Mar. 1850; Providence, R. I., Mar. 27, 1850-Sept. 1856; Brookline, Oct. 5,1856-Sept. 1872. At Harvard University: non-resident Professor of Ecclesiastical History, 1857-1876; Professor of German, 1872-1881; Instructor in Ecclesiastical History, 1877-1878. Died in Cambridge on Aug. 21, 1890.
Born in Lunenburg, MA on June 3, 1807. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1826; A.M. 1829 (HDS graduate 1830); S.T.D. 1857. Ordained (Unitarian) at Northampton, Nov. 9, 1831-Apr. 1, 1839; Hingham (Third Congregational Society), July 1,1839-Oct. 1,1856. Meadville Theological School, Pa.: President, 1856-1863. At Harvard University: Parkman Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and the Pastoral Care, and Lecturer on Christian Theology, 1863-1869; Parkman Professor of Theology, 1869-1878; Dean of Divinity School, Apr. 25, 1870-1878. Died in Cambridge on July 18, 1885.
Born in Hanover, N. H. on Apr. 4, 1810. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1829 (HDS graduate 1833); S.T.D. 1863. Ordained (Unitarian) in Boston, July 21, 1833. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 4, 1833-June 16,1840; Boston (Church of the Disciples), Feb. 28, 1841-June 8, 1888. At Harvard University: non-resident Professor of Natural Religion and Christian Doctrine, 1867-1871; Lecturer on Ethnic Religions, 1876-1877. Died in Jamaica Plain on June 8, 1888.
Born in Boston on Apr. 1,1829. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1848; A.M. 1851; S.T.D., Tufts Coll., 1887. Ordained (Unitarian) at Newton (Channing Religious Society), June 18, 1857-Mar. 21, 1869. At Harvard University: Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages and Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature, Jan. 6, 1869-1880. Waltham, Nov. 14, 1880-Oct. 30, 1892. Died in Waltham, MA on June 23, 1906.
Born in Brunswick, ME on June 19, 1829. Education: A.B., Bowdoin Coll., Me., 1850; A.M., Bowdoin Coll., 1853 (HDS graduate 1859); S.T.D., Bowdoin College, 1870; S.T.D. 1874; LL.D., Bowdoin College, 1894. Bowdoin College: Librarian, 1853-1857; Professor of Modern Languages, 1855-1857. Ordained (Unitarian) at Bangor, Me., Sept. 1, 1859-Oct. 4, 1869. At Harvard University: Bussey Professor of Theology, 1869-Oct. 16, 1900; Dean of Divinity School, 1878-Oct. 16, 1900. Died in Cambridge on Oct. 16, 1900.
Born in Jackson, ME on April 28, 1819. Education: A.B., Bowdoin Coll., Me., 1840; A.M., Bowdoin Coll., 1843; A.M. (Hon.) 1861; LL.D., Yale Univ., Conn., 1869; S.T.D. 1872; LL.D., Bowdoin Coll., 1878. At Harvard University: Assistant Librarian, 1856-1872; Bussey Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, 1872-Mar. 21, 1884. Died in Cambridge on Mar. 21, 1884.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia on Mar. 23, 1836. Education: A.M., Univ. of Virginia, 1856; S,T.D., Wake Forest Coll., N.C, 1872; LL.D., Howard Coll., Ala.,1882; LL.D., Univ. of North Carolina, 1889; LL.D. 1904. Ordained (Baptist) Charlottesville, Va., June 1860. Richmond College, Va.:Professor of Greek, Jan. 1861-May 1861. Chaplain, 53d Regiment Georgia Infantry, Jan. 1863-Aug. 1864. University of Alabama: Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, Sept. 1864-Apr. 1865. Furman University, S.C: Professor of Greek, Jan. 1869-June 1869. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, S.C (after 1877 Ky.): Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, 1869-1879. At Harvard University: Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, 1880 (emeritus after 1909)-1919; Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature, 1880-1903. Died in Cambridge on May 12, 1919.
Born in Boston on Dec. 4, 1847. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1869; A.M. 1872; S.T.B., 1872; S.T.D., Yale Univ., Conn., 1887; LL.D., Western Reserve Univ., O., 1907; S.T.D. 1909. Ordained (Unitarian) at First Parish in Cambridge, Mar. 31, 1874-Sept. 30,1879. At Harvard University: Overseer, 1877-1882; Lecturer on Ethics and Homiletics, 1880-1881; Parkman Professor of Theology, 1881-1886; Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, 1886 (emeritus after 1913)-1936; Dean of Divinity School, 1901-Nov. 21, 1906. Died on Dec. 28, 1936.
Born in Salem, MA on Feb. 18, 1851. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1871; A.M. and Ph.D., Leipsic Univ., Germany, 1876. At Harvard University: Instructor in History and German, 1876-1878; Instructor in History, 1878-1882; Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History, 1882 (emeritus after 1918)-1935. Died on Mar. 3, 1935.
Born in Benton, Alabama on May 24, 1852. Education: A.B., Howard Coll., Ala., 1875; Ph.D., Leipsic Univ., Germany, 1882; S.T.D. 1901. At Harvard University: Hollis Professor of Divinity, 1882-1910; Curator of the Semitic Museum, Jan. 12, 1891-1922; Hon. Curator of the Semitic Museum, 1922-1935; Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, 1910-1922. Died on Dec. 4, 1935.
Born in Boston on Nov. 7, 1828. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1850; Grad. Andover Theological Sem., 1857; A.M. 1864; S.T.D., Yale Univ., Conn., 1873; S.T.D. 1884; Litt.D., Dublin Univ., Ireland, 1892; S.T.D., Princeton Univ. N.J., 1896. Ord. (Trinitarian Congregational) Salem (Crombie Street Church), Dec. 29, 1859-Feb. 19, 1864. Chaplain, 40th Regiment Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, Sept. 17, 1862-May 16, 1863. Andover Theological Seminary: Professor of Sacred Literature, 1864-1882. At Harvard University: Fellow, 1877-1884; Lecturer on Biblical Theology, 1883-1884; Bussey Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, 1884 (emeritus after Sept. 1, 1901)-Nov. 26, 1901. Died in Cambridge on Nov. 26, 1901.
Born in Salem on Sept. 3, 1866. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1889; Grad. Andover Theological Sem., 1893; S.T.B., Andover Theological Sem., 1898; S.T.D., Western Reserve Univ., Ohio, 1905. At Harvard University: Instructor in New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, 1895-1898; Assistant Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, 1898-1903; Bussey Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, 1903-1910; Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature, 1903-; Dean in charge of University Extension, Feb. 23, 1910-1922; Hollis Professor of Divinity, 1910-1933. Acting Dean (HDS), 1927. Ord. (Trinitarian Congregational) Cambridge, June 18, 1901. Died on Jan. 7, 1933.
Born in Lee, MA on May 15, 1865. Education: A.B. Yale, 1885; Grad. Union Theological Sem., 1893; A.M. Yale, 1901. Union Theological Seminary, 1893; A.M., Yale, 1901; S.T.D. Western Reserve Univ., O., 1901; LL.D., Grinnell Coll., Ia., 1920. Union Theological Seminary: Instructor in Apologetics, 1895-96; At Harvard University,: Assistant Professor of Ecclesiastical History, 1896-1901. Ord. (Trinitarian Congregational) Cambridge, June 18, 1901. At Andover Theological Seminary: Professor of Ecclesiastical History, 1901-21; Acting President 1917-19; Dean 1919-21. At Harvard University: Andover Professor of Ecclesiastical History, 1908-1921. Died in Cambridge on Mar. 18, 1921.
Born in Northampton, MA on Feb. 22, 1858. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1879; S.T.B.,1886. Ordained (Unitarian) Boston (South Congregational Church, associate pastor), Oct. 14, 1886- Apr. 1, 1891; Orange, N. J., Apr. 2, 1891-July 1, 1897. At Harvard University: Assistant in Homiletics, 1888-1896; Instructor in Homiletics, 1896-1897; Assistant Professor of Homiletics, 1897-1906. Chestnut Hill, Oct. 3, 1897-Mar. 27, 1918. Died in Chestnut Hill on Mar. 27, 1918.
Born in Boston on Feb. 12, 1862. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1884; S.T.B., 1887; S.T.D. 1908. Pittsfield (Unitarian), Oct. 1887 (Ord. Jan. 8, 1890)-Mar. 28,1891; Chicago, Ill., (First Unitarian Society), May 3, 1891-Mar. 1, 1901. At Harvard University: Bussey Professor of Theology, 1901-1932; Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, Nov. 21, 1906-1922. Died in Cambridge on Mar. 6, 1932.
Born in West Chester, Pa. on Oct. 15, 1851. Education: A.B., Yale Univ., Conn., 1872; Grad. Union Theological Sem., N.Y., 1877; A.M., Yale Univ., 1883; S.T.D., Marietta Coll., O., 1885; S.T.D., Yale Univ., 1897; LL.D., Western Reserve Univ., O., 1903; LL.D., 1906; S.T.D., Univ. of Gottingen, Germany, 1909; Litt.D., Yale Univ., 1915. Bloomingburg, Ordained (Presbyterian), Oct. 7, 1877-Apr. 21, 1878. Ordained Mount Sterling, Ordained Feb. 8, 1878, Zanesville, O., (Putnam Church), May 14, 1878-May 6, 1883. At Andover Theological Seminary: Hitchcock Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature, 1883-Feb. 1902; Lecturer on History of Religions, 1893-1901; President of the Faculty, 1899-1901. At Harvard University: Professor of Theology, 1901-1904; Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion, 1904-1928. Died on May 16, 1931.
Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania on Sept. 1, 1857. Education: A.B., Marietta Coll., O., 1877; A.M., Marietta Coll., 1880; Grad. Union Theological Sem., N.Y., 1884; Ph.D., Brown Univ., R.I., 1891; S.T.D., Marietta Coll., 1893; S.T.D., Yale Univ., Conn., 1909. Ordained (Presbyterian) Columbus, O., May 12, 1884. Yonkers, N.Y., (Westminster Presbyterian Church), Oct. 1, 1886-Dec. 31, 1888; Providence, R.I., (Trinitarian Congregational) (Central Congregational Church), Jan. 1, 1889-Mar. 31, 1902. Harvard University: Parkman Professor of Theology, 1902-1929; Chairman of the Board of Preachers, 1905-1928; Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, 1915-1929. Died on March 27, 1943 in Cambridge.
Born in Boston, Aug. 6, 1848. Education: Harvard, A.B., 1869; A.M., 1872; S.T.B., Andover Theological Sem., 1872; S.T.D., Episcopal Theological Seminary, Cambridge, 1910. Ordained (Trinitarian Congregational) Revere, Mar. 11, 1875-June 30, 1878. Ord. deacon (Protestant Episcopal) Dec. 6, 1878, priest, Dec. 18, 1878. Roxbury (St. James Church) and Boston (Emanuel Church) (assistant) July 8, 1878-Sept. 1, 1879; Lonsdale, R.I., (rector in charge) Oct. 31, 1879-Sept. 26, 1880; Jenkintown, Pa., (Church of Our Saviour) Dec. 12, 1880-Apr. 1, 1888; Andover (Christ Church) Apr. 8, 1888-Oct. 1, 1913. At Harvard University: Lecturer on Practical Theology, Sept. 1, 1913-Sept. 1, 1916; Managing Editor of the Harvard Theological Review, Sept. 1, 1913-Jan. 1, 1921; Secretary, Editorial Board, Harvard Theological Review, Jan. 1, 1921-1932. Died on July 4, 1932.
Born in Boston on Feb. 2, 1875. Education: A.B. 1897; A.M. 1900; S.T.B. 1902. Ordained (Unitarian) Boston, June 18, 1902. New Orleans, La., Oct. 1, 1902-June 1, 1906; Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 1, 1906-Nov. 30, 1910; Belton, 1924-1940 (afterwards, emeritus)' Charlottesville, Va., 1943-1945. Secretary of the Department of Education, American Unitarian Association, Dec. 1, 1909-Mar. 31, 1914. At Harvard University: Assistant Professor of Preaching and Parish Administration, and Secretary of the Faculty of the Harvard Divinity School, Apr. 1, 1914-1922; Secretary of the Faculty of the Theological School, 1922-1924. Died on Aug. 27, 1964.
Born in New Braintree, MA on Dec. 26, 1857. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1886. Teacher, Orchard Lake, Michigan and Gambier, Ohio. At Harvard University: Instructor in Elocution, 1899-1903; Assistant Professor of Elocution, 1903-1908; Assistant Professor of Public Speaking, 1908-1913; Associate Professor of Public Speaking, 1913-1925. Died on May 30, 1934.
Born in Southampton, England on Apr. 7, 1872. Education: B.A., Lincoln College, Oxford, 1895; M.A., Oxford, 1897; D.D., St. Andrews, 1911. Ordained (Church of England, by the Bishop of Durham) deacon, 1895; priest, 1896. Curate, Lumley, Durham, 1895-1896; Oxford (S. Mary the Virgin) 1897-1903. Lecturer for the intercollegiate board, Oxford, 1897-1903. Professor Ordained for New Testament and Early Christian Literature, University of Leyden, Holland, 1904-1914. At Harvard University: Professor of Early Christian Literature, 1914-1918; Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History, 1918-1932; Professor of History, 1932-1938. Died on Nov. 10, 1946.
Born in Pittsburg, Pa. on July 8, 1883. Education: Harvard, A.B., 1906; Ph.D., 1909. At Harvard University: Assistant in Social Ethics, 1908-1909; Instructor in Social Ethics, 1909-1913; Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, 1913-1921. Princeton University: Professor of Economics, 1922-1926. Died on July 29, 1941.
Born in Westport, Me. on Mar. 14, 1862. Education: Harvard, A.B. 1884; Ph.D., Univ. of Strassburg, Germany, 1891. Brown University, R.I.: Instructor in Semitic Languages and History, 1890-1891; Associate Professor of Semitic Languages and History, 1891-1895. University of Minnesota: Professor of Semitic Languages and Oriental History, 1895-1902. University of Chicago, Ill.: Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, 1902-1911. Harvard University: Instructor in Semitic Languages, 1887-1888; Professor of Arabic, 1911-1933. Died on Mar. 31, 1943.
Born in Boston on Oct. 26, 1880. Education: Harvard, A.B., 1903; A.M., 1904. At Harvard University: Instructor in Education, 1907-1910; Assistant Professor of Education, 1910-1917; Professor of Education, 1917-1947; Dean, Graduate School of Education, 1920-1940. Died on June 14, 1960.
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