George Edward Ellis

Background

Ellis, George Edward was born on August 8, 1814 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David and Sarah (Rogers) Ellis.

Education

Graduated from Harvard, 1833, graduated from Harvard Divinity School, 1836, South.T.D. (honorary), 1857, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1883.

Career

1 son. Ordained to ministry Unitarian Church, 1840. Pastor Harvard Unitarian Church, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1840-1869. Company-editor Christian Editor, 1842-1845.

An editor Christian Examiner, 1849-1855.

Overseer Harvard, 1850-1879, secretary board overseers, 1853-1854, 1st professor systematic theology Harvard Divinity School, 1857-1863. Vice president Massachusetts History Society, 1877-1885, president, 1885-1894.

Author: A Half Century of Unitarian Controversy, 1857. The Aims and Purposes of the Founders of Massachusetts, 1869.

The Puritan Age and Rule in the Colony of Massachussetts Bay 1629-1685, 1888.

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Achievements

• George Edward Ellis has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Eager, April. Married second, Lucretia Goddard Gould, October 22, 1859.

Father:

David Ellis

Mother:

Sarah (Rogers) Ellis

Spouse:

Lucretia Goddard Gould

Spouse:

Elizabeth Eager