1899 – Sir Henry Tate died at age 80. He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, England, the son of a Unitarian minister. Apprenticed to a grocer in Liverpool when he was 13, he soon bought his own shop, then five more, which he sold to become a partner in a sugar refining company. He eventually … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History December 5
1847 – Francis Greenwood Peabody was born in Boston. He began his career as a teacher and became a Unitarian minister in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1874. Peabody held two professorships at Harvard Divinity School. He was a strong social gospel advocate and specialized in social ethics at Harvard, leading to his key work Jesus Christ … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History December 4
1828 – Gilbert Stuart was born in North Kingston, Rhode Island. A famous Unitarian American portraitist, he studied portraiture in London and Edinburgh and became one of the most famous American artists, painting portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams. The post December 3 first appeared on Harvard Square Library. Read … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History December 3
HSL is still at work on the redesign of the website, however that work is going on in the background. In the spring and summer of 2013, steps will be taken to release the new site sequentially. We have a backlog of interesting new content ready to share with our readers. Most of this is … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History Director’s Note, December 2012
The Univeristy of Altdorf 1595 – George Ludwig Leuchsner entered the University of Altdorf. He later became a leader of the Socinians in Poland and Germany. In about 1616, under government pressure, he denied having been a Socinian, after which there are no further records of his life or work. The post December 1 first … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History December 1
Königsberg, Germany 1680 – Christopher Sandius Jr., the author of many Arianist tracts, died at age 36. Born in Königsberg, Germany into an avidly anti-Trinitarian family, he became a proofreader when other work was denied him because of his beliefs. His Nucleus historiae ecclisiasticae is an important work in 18th century theology and claimed the … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History November 30
1832 – The author Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Her father was Bronson Alcott, a founder of the Transcendentalist Club. She worked as a teacher and domestic worker and eventually began to write poems and short stories for children. Alcott was an ardent abolitionist and served as a nurse during the Civil War. … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History November 29
1909 – Lotta Hitschmanova was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was anti-Nazi and went into exile in Canada when World War II threatened. Her parents were imprisoned in Auschwitz during the war and she never heard from them again. She founded the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada and directed it for 40 years to help … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History November 28
1895 – The Unitarian preacher Octavius Brooks Frothingham died at age 73. He was ordained by the North Church in Salem, Massachusetts, where he became an eloquent preacher. As he became more radical, friends in New York organized for him the Third Congregational Unitarian Church, where he served ever-larger gatherings from 1859 to 1879. Frothingham wrote … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History November 27
Gdansk, Poland 1608 – Andrew Wissowatius Jr., the grandson of Faustus Socinus, was born in Philipow, Lithuania. He studied theology at Rakow, Poland, a Socinian stronghold, and traveled widely, including to Holland, France, and England. As the superintendent of various churches, Wissowatius stayed in Poland through the persecution of Socinians, took refuge in Prussia, and … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History November 26
