Background
Smith, Henry Boynton was born on November 21, 1815 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Henry and Arixene (Southgate) Smith.
Smith, Henry Boynton was born on November 21, 1815 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Henry and Arixene (Southgate) Smith.
Graduate Bowdoin College, 1834. Attended Andover Theological, Seminary, Bangor Seminary, 1834-1836, U. Halle and University Berlin (Germany), 1837-1840. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, U. Vermont, 1850.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Princeton, 1869.
Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, 1842. Professor Hebrew and philosophy Amherst College, 1847-1850. Taught church history Union Theological Seminary, 1850-1854, taught theology, 1859-1874.
A leader of New School.
Married Elizabeth Lee Allen, January 5, 1843 4 children.