Samuel Atkins Eliot
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Samuel Atkins Eliot, A.M., D.D. (August 24, 1862 – October 15, 1950) was an American
Unitarian clergyman, son of Charles W. Eliot
and grandson of Samuel Atkins Eliot, the politician
. For more on his lineage see the Eliot family
.
He was born at Cambridge, Mass.
, and graduated from Harvard
in 1884. He held pastorates at Denver, Colo.
and Brooklyn, N. Y., and served from 1900-1927 as the president of the American Unitarian Association
. He wrote A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630
-1913 (1914).
United States
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Unitarian clergyman, son of Charles W. Eliot
Charles William Eliot
Charles William Eliot was an American academic who was selected as Harvard's president in 1869. He transformed the provincial college into the preeminent American research university...
and grandson of Samuel Atkins Eliot, the politician
Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician)
Samuel Atkins Eliot , was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts....
. For more on his lineage see the Eliot family
Eliot family
The Eliot family is the American branch of one of several British families to hold this surname. This branch is based in Boston but originated in East Coker, Yeovil, Somerset. It is one of the Boston Brahmins, a bourgeois family, whose ancestors had become wealthy and held sway over the American...
.
He was born at Cambridge, Mass.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, and graduated from Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1884. He held pastorates at Denver, Colo.
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
and Brooklyn, N. Y., and served from 1900-1927 as the president of the American Unitarian Association
American Unitarian Association
The American Unitarian Association was a religious denomination in the United States and Canada, formed by associated Unitarian congregations in 1825. In 1961, it merged with the Universalist Church of America to form the Unitarian Universalist Association.According to Mortimer Rowe, the Secretary...
. He wrote A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630
-1913 (1914).
Books
- Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State (Edited by Samuel Atkins Eliot, A.M., D.D.) (1906).
- A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913 (1913).
See also
- Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr.Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr.Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr. was an American author, born in Denver, Colo. and educated at Harvard. He was the son of Samuel Atkins Eliot, a prominent Unitarian clergyman, and the grandson of Charles W. Eliot, a president of Harvard University. Samuel Eliot Jr. wrote books on the theatre and made...
- Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician)Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician)Samuel Atkins Eliot , was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts....
(1798-1862) - Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts - Thomas Dawes Eliot (1808-1870) - Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts