Henry Ware (Unitarian), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Ware (Unitarian)

American theologian

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1764

Date of Death: 12-Jul-1845

Profession: preacher, theologian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Henry Ware (April 1, 1764 – July 12, 1845) was a preacher and theologian influential in the formation of Unitarianism and the American Unitarian Association in the United States. Born in Sherborn, Massachusetts (in a house that survived into the 20th century), Ware was educated at Harvard College, earning his A.B.
in 1785.
He was from 1787 to 1805 the minister of the First Parish in Hingham, Massachusetts.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1804.
In 1805 he was elected to the Hollis Chair at Harvard, precipitating a controversy between Unitarians and more conservative Calvinists.
He took part in the formation of the Harvard Divinity School and the establishment of Unitarianism there in the following decades, publishing his debates with eminent Calvinists in the 1820s.
His son, Henry Ware Jr., followed his father as a Harvard Divinity professor and Unitarian theologian.
He is also the grandfather of Mary Lee Ware through his other son, Dr.
Charles Eliot Ware - Mary and her mother (his daughter-in-law) being the patron sponsors of Harvard's famed Glass Flowers exhibit.

Charles Osgood (1809–1890)
Description	American painter and artist
Date of birth/death	25 February 1809	2 June 1890
Location of birth	Salem
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