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Ellis was born and died in Boston. He graduated from Harvard in 1833, and then from the Divinity School in 1836. After two years' travel in Europe, he was ordained, on 11 March 1840, as pastor of the Harvard Unitarian Church, Charlestown, Massachusetts. From 1857 until 1863, he was professor of systematic theology in Harvard Divinity School. In 1864 he delivered before the Lowell Institute a course of lectures on the "Evidences of Christianity," in 1871 a course on the "Provincial History of Massachusetts," and in 1879 a course on "The Red Man and the White Man in North America" (1882). He resigned the pastorate of Harvard Church on 22 February 1869.
From September 1842 to February 1845, Ellis edited the Christian Register, at first alone and later with George Putnam, D.D. From 1849 to 1855, he edited the Christian Examiner. He was vice president and then president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and was a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard in 1850-54, serving for one year as its secretary. Harvard gave him the degree of D.D. in 1857, and that of LL.D. in 1883. Ellis was the fourth person who had received both these degrees from Harvard.
In 1840 he married Elizabeth Bruce Eager. They had one child. She died in 1842. In 1859, he married Lucretia Goddard Gould who died in 1869.
Ellis was born and died in Boston. He graduated from Harvard in 1833, and then from the Divinity School in 1836. After two years' travel in Europe, he was ordained, on 11 March 1840, as pastor of the Harvard Unitarian Church, Charlestown, Massachusetts. From 1857 until 1863, he was professor of systematic theology in Harvard Divinity School. In 1864 he delivered before the Lowell Institute a course of lectures on the "Evidences of Christianity," in 1871 a course on the "Provincial History of Massachusetts," and in 1879 a course on "The Red Man and the White Man in North America" (1882). He resigned the pastorate of Harvard Church on 22 February 1869.
From September 1842 to February 1845, Ellis edited the Christian Register, at first alone and later with George Putnam, D.D. From 1849 to 1855, he edited the Christian Examiner. He was vice president and then president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and was a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard in 1850-54, serving for one year as its secretary. Harvard gave him the degree of D.D. in 1857, and that of LL.D. in 1883. Ellis was the fourth person who had received both these degrees from Harvard.
In 1840 he married Elizabeth Bruce Eager. They had one child. She died in 1842. In 1859, he married Lucretia Goddard Gould who died in 1869.
From Wikipedia:
Ellis was born and died in Boston. He graduated from Harvard in 1833, and then from the Divinity School in 1836. After two years' travel in Europe, he was ordained, on 11 March 1840, as pastor of the Harvard Unitarian Church, Charlestown, Massachusetts. From 1857 until 1863, he was professor of systematic theology in Harvard Divinity School. In 1864 he delivered before the Lowell Institute a course of lectures on the "Evidences of Christianity," in 1871 a course on the "Provincial History of Massachusetts," and in 1879 a course on "The Red Man and the White Man in North America" (1882). He resigned the pastorate of Harvard Church on 22 February 1869.
From September 1842 to February 1845, Ellis edited the Christian Register, at first alone and later with George Putnam, D.D. From 1849 to 1855, he edited the Christian Examiner. He was vice president and then president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and was a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard in 1850-54, serving for one year as its secretary. Harvard gave him the degree of D.D. in 1857, and that of LL.D. in 1883. Ellis was the fourth person who had received both these degrees from Harvard.
In 1840 he married Elizabeth Bruce Eager. They had one child. She died in 1842. In 1859, he married Lucretia Goddard Gould who died in 1869.
Ellis was born and died in Boston. He graduated from Harvard in 1833, and then from the Divinity School in 1836. After two years' travel in Europe, he was ordained, on 11 March 1840, as pastor of the Harvard Unitarian Church, Charlestown, Massachusetts. From 1857 until 1863, he was professor of systematic theology in Harvard Divinity School. In 1864 he delivered before the Lowell Institute a course of lectures on the "Evidences of Christianity," in 1871 a course on the "Provincial History of Massachusetts," and in 1879 a course on "The Red Man and the White Man in North America" (1882). He resigned the pastorate of Harvard Church on 22 February 1869.
From September 1842 to February 1845, Ellis edited the Christian Register, at first alone and later with George Putnam, D.D. From 1849 to 1855, he edited the Christian Examiner. He was vice president and then president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and was a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard in 1850-54, serving for one year as its secretary. Harvard gave him the degree of D.D. in 1857, and that of LL.D. in 1883. Ellis was the fourth person who had received both these degrees from Harvard.
In 1840 he married Elizabeth Bruce Eager. They had one child. She died in 1842. In 1859, he married Lucretia Goddard Gould who died in 1869.
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