William Ellery Channing
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American Unitarian clergyman (1780–1842)
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1780-04-07 ) 7 April 1780, Newport, Rhode Island , U.S.
- Died
- 2 October 1842 (1842-10-02) (aged 62), Old Bennington, Vermont , U.S.
- Resting place
- Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University
- Occupation
- Unitarian preacher
- Parent s
- William Channing, Lucy Ellery
- Relatives
- William Ellery (grandfather), William Francis Channing (son), William Ellery Channing (nephew), William Henry Channing (nephew)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newport
- Place of death
- Bennington
- Occupation
- Christian minister
- Educated at
- Harvard College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Unitarianism
- Field of work
- pastoral care
- Image
- WilliamElleryChanning.jpg
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- place of burial
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Commons category
- William Ellery Channing
- date of birth
- 1780-01-01
- date of death
- 1842-01-01
- birth name
- William Ellery Channing
- writing language
- English language
- honorific prefix
- Reverend
- archives at
- New York Public Library Main Branch
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Encyclopedic overview
William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton (1786–1853), one of Unitarianism's leading theologians. Channing was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public speeches, and as a prominent thinker in the liberal theology of the day. His religion and thought were among the chief influences on the New England Transcendentalists although he never countenanced their views, which he saw as extreme. His espousal of the developing philosophy and theology of Unitarianism was displayed especially in his "Baltimore Sermon" of May 5, 1819, given at the ordination of the theologian and educator Jared Sparks (1789–1866) as the first minister of the newly organized First Independent Church of Baltimore.
Life and work
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