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Henry Augustus Homes was born on March 10, 1812 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of Henry and Dorcas (Freeman) Homes, and a descendant of Reverend William Homes of Ireland who came to America about 1686. William's son Robert, a sea captain, married Mary Franklin, sister of Benjamin Franklin, and through this line Henry Augustus traced descent. His father was a wealthy Boston merchant, his mother a woman of intelligence and kindliness.
At the age of ten, Homes was sent to Phillips Andover Academy, from which he entered Amherst in 1826, graduating in 1830. Not forced by circumstances to enter a gainful occupation, he followed his scholarly bent, first in Andover Theological Seminary, 1831-1832, then at Yale, 1832-1834, where he studied medicine as well as theology. He received his divinity degree from Andover, then studied for a year in Paris, specializing in Arabic, and in June 1835 he was ordained by the Église réformée.
Homes went to Turkey as a missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From 1851 to 1853 he was connected with the American legation at Constantinople, serving successively as interpreter, acting-consul, and chargé d'affaires. On returning to the United States in 1854, Homes altered the course of his career. He became assistant librarian of the New York State Library, and eight years later he became chief librarian, continuing in this position for the remainder of his active life. His annual reports, especially "The Future Development of the New York State Library, " show his wide knowledge of the history and administration of libraries and indicate his conception of the means of realizing the purposes of the library. His other papers, covering a variety of subjects, include: "Observations on the Design and Import of Medals, " "California and the North-west Coast One Hundred Years Since, " and other works. He also published a pamphlet, Description and Analysis of the Remarkable Collection of Unpublished Manuscripts of Robert Morris (1876), and The Correct Arms of the State of New York (1880), giving much study to the preparation of the latter.
When the committee was appointed by the state Senate to decide upon a standard design for the arms of the state, the model which Homes submitted was accepted as authentic and was so designated in the act of 1892, despite the adverse criticism of other authorities.
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It was said that Homes was "very fixed in his views on all subjects when once formed, although sometimes they were erroneous. "
Homes was married, on April 15, 1841, to Anna Whiting Heath, the daughter of John Heath, of Brookline, Massachussets. They had two children, both born in Pera, Constantinople.
