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<p> a Unitarian minister, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, May 17, 1740. He graduated at [[Princeton]] | John Lathrop <ref name="term_47996" /> | ||
==References == | <p> a Unitarian minister, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, May 17, 1740. He graduated at [[Princeton]] College in 1763. For some months after his graduation he was engaged as assistant teacher in Moor's Indian School at Lebanon, Connecticut, and at the same time studied theology. He was licensed soon after this, labored as a missionary among the Indians, and in 1767 was invited to settle both at [[Taunton]] and Reading. In 1768 he accepted a call to become pastor of the Old North Church in Boston, preaching in that city until his death, January 14, 1816. He became a member of the Corporation of Harvard University in 1778. He was also one of the counsellors of the American [[Academy]] of Arts and Sciences, vice-president of the [[Massachusetts]] Bible Society, and president of the Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society. His publications consisted of single sermons. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 8:68. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_47996"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lathrop,+john,+d.d. John Lathrop from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_47996"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lathrop,+john,+d.d. John Lathrop from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:02, 15 October 2021
John Lathrop [1]
a Unitarian minister, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, May 17, 1740. He graduated at Princeton College in 1763. For some months after his graduation he was engaged as assistant teacher in Moor's Indian School at Lebanon, Connecticut, and at the same time studied theology. He was licensed soon after this, labored as a missionary among the Indians, and in 1767 was invited to settle both at Taunton and Reading. In 1768 he accepted a call to become pastor of the Old North Church in Boston, preaching in that city until his death, January 14, 1816. He became a member of the Corporation of Harvard University in 1778. He was also one of the counsellors of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vice-president of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and president of the Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society. His publications consisted of single sermons. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 8:68.
