About Thomas Hubbard Vail
Lived 1812 – 1889 (aged 76). Thomas Hubbard Vail was an American theologian.
Thomas Hubbard Vail (October 21, 1812 – October 6, 1889) was the first Episcopal Bishop of Kansas.
Early life Vail was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Israel E. Vail and Maria Rogers Vail, who had emigrated there from New England. He attended Washington College (now Trinity College), graduating in 1831. He next attended the General Theological Seminary, graduating in 1835. While rector of Christ Church, Vail wrote "Hannah," a sacred drama, which he published anonymously in 1839.
He died in 1889 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
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American bishop (1812–1889)
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