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Samuel Seabury

1801 – 1872

American activist

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Lived 1801 – 1872 (aged 70–71). Samuel Seabury was an American journalist and anglican priest.

Samuel Seabury (1801–1872) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman, grandson of Bishop Samuel Seabury. He was born at New London, Connecticut, was ordained priest in the Protestant Episcopal church, was editor of The Churchman (1833–1849), rector of the Church of the Annunciation in New York City (1838–1868), and professor of biblical learning in the General Theological Seminary (1862–1872). He published:

The Continuity of the Church of England in the Sixteenth Century (1853)

Supremacy and Obligation of Conscience (1860)

American Slavery Justified (1861)

The Theory and Use of the Church Calendar (1872)

Discourses on the Holy Spirit (edited by his son, with memoir, 1874)

He married Mary Anna Schuyler, daughter of Samuel Jones (Chancellor of the State of New York). Both Seabury and his wife are buried in Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum in Manhattan.

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1801, New London
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Died
1872
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American activist (1801–1872)

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Samuel Seabury was born in 1801 in New London.

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Samuel Seabury died in 1872.

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Samuel Seabury was a journalist and anglican priest.

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Samuel Seabury was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Samuel Seabury

· Wikidata: Q886796

· DBpedia: Samuel Seabury (1801–1872)

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