Henry Davenport Northrop

Henry Davenport Northrop (March 10, 1836 – August 29, 1909) also known as H. D. Northrop, was an American author, and Presbyterian minister. He was a prolific writer of compendiums of history in the late 19th-century and early 20th-century and wrote about unexpected facts which spanned various topics.

Life and career Henry Davenport Northrop was born on March 10, 1836, in Pulteney, New York (sp. Poultney), to parents Sophia (née Williams) and Daniel Northrop.

He graduated with a B.A. degree in 1857, from Amherst College; followed by studies of theology at Union Theological Seminary from 1858 to 1859; and Yale Theological Seminary (now Yale Divinity School) from 1859 to 1860.

He married Josephine Lucia Merrick in 1862, and had three children. Northrop served as the pastor of the Fourth Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut from 1876 until 1879.

Late life and death He started abundant publishing of books in his late life.

Northrop died of kidney disease on August 29, 1909, in Yonkers, New York.