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Ware, Henry
Ware, Henry (1764–1845), Massachusetts clergyman of the liberal branch of the Congregational Church, was instrumental in the establishment of Unitarianism in the U.S., being the first nonorthodox professor of divinity at Harvard (1805–40) and a founder of the college's Divinity School (1819). He wrote several controversial works, including Letters Addressed to Trinitarians and Calvinists (1820). His son Henry Ware (1794–1843) was also a Unitarian clergyman.
William Ware (1797–1852), another son, was a Unitarian clergyman and author of a popular trilogy on the social and political struggles between the early Christians and the dominant hierarchies of their time. The three epistolary novels are Zenobia, first called Letters …from Palmyra (1837); Aurelian, first called Probus (1838); and Julian (1841). He is also the author of Lectures on …Washington Allston (1852). |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Ware, Henry." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Ware, Henry." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-WareHenry.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Ware, Henry." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-WareHenry.html |
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