1889 – Sir Adrian Boult was born in Chester, England. He was conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra, musical director of the BBC, conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and conductor of the London Philharmonic. He was an active Unitarian layman.
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1780 – William Ellery Channing, “the father of American Unitarianism,” was born in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1903 he became minister of the Federal Street Church, now the Arlington Street Church. He created a stir with the sermon he preached at the ordination of Jared Sparks, “Unitarian Christianity.” A statue of him stands at one entrance to the Boston Public Gardens, facing the Arlington Street Church. Read more about William Ellery Channing at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism.
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1769 – Charles Wellbeloved, an English Unitarian minister, was born. He saved Manchester college from extinction, and it survives today as an important college of Oxford University. A distinguished preacher, he ministered to St. Saviorgate Chapel (Unitarian) in York for 67 years. He founded many civic organizations in York, including the Philosophical Society and the Archaeological Museum.
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1904 – The Irish Unitarian philosopher and writer Frances Power Cobbe died at age 82. Born in Dublin, Ireland, she became Unitarian as a result of reading A Discourse of Religion by Theodore Parker. She wrote major works of philosophy, including Cities of the Past (1864). Cobbe advocated the importance of listening to one’s own soul. She worked with poor children and pleaded for universities to admit them.
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1861 – Thomas Whittemore, a Universalist minister and historian, died at 61. He studied theology with Hosea Ballou, the “father of American Universalism,” and later wrote a biography of him. Whittemore edited Trumpet and Universalist Magazine (1828-1861), and wrote books on Universalsm, notably Plain Guide to Universalism (1840). Whittemore also served in the Massachusetts legislature (1831-1836) and was president of a bank in Cambridge. Read more about Thomas Whittemore at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism.
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1899 – Margaret Barr was born in England. She devoted her life to working with the Unitarians in the Khasi Hills in northeast India. She opened her first school in Shillong in the 1930s, and in 1977 the Barr Memorial Hospital opened in Kharang. Margaret Barr was greatly inspired by Mohandas Gandhi, whom she met many times.
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1568 The Act of Religious Freedom and Conscience (Edict of Torda) was issued by Prince John Sigismund of Transylvania, assuring religious freedom in his principality. He ruled from 1556 to 1570, and Geroge Blandata and Francis Dávid were members of his court. His conversion to Unitarianism occured at the Diet of Torda, where Unitarians won a debate on religion. Read more about the Diet of Torda at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism.
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1958 – Moncure Conway was born in Stafford County, Virginia. Ordained a Unitarian minister in 1855, he became a minister in Cincinnati, Ohio. Conway’s house was a station on the Underground Railroad, and in 1862 he resigned the minstry to devote himself to the cause of abolition. He became minister of South Place Chapel (Unitarian) in London and wrote numerous books about religion and slavery, including his two volume Autobiography: Memories and Experiences. Read more about Moncure Conway at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism.
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1847 – Edwin Sweetser was born in Wakefield, Masachusetts. He was president of the Universalist General Convention from 1886 to 1887 and trustee from 1887 to 1903. He ordained the first African-American to the Universalist ministry in 1889. He was also a speaker at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago. He died in 1929.
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1719 – Following the Great Ejection from the Church of England James Pierce and 300 supporters and friends in Exeter formed the first congregation in England avowedly devoted to anti-Trinitarian worship. The only designation they assigned themselves was Christian.
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