Joel Foote Bingham

Background

Bingham, Joel Foote was born on October 11, 1827 in Andover, Connecticut, United States. Son of Cyrus and Abigail (Foote) Bingham.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, valedictorian, Yale, 1852, Master of Arts, 1855. Student Union Theological Seminary, (Doctor of Divinity, Western Reserve University, 1869. Doctor of Letters, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1898).

Career

Father of Theodore Alfred B. Head Master, Classical School, Bible House, New York, 1852-1858. Pastor Congressional churches, Cleveland, 1860-1861, Buffalo, 1861-1867, Augusta, Maine, 1867-1871. Ordained priest Protestant Episcopal Church, 1871.

Rector New Haven, 1871, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1872-1875, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1875-1879.

In literature work, 1879-1888. Rector New London, Connecticut, 1888-1890.

Retired to engage in literature work, 1890. Lecturer on Italian literature, Trinity College, 10 years Author: Our Father’s House, 1865.

History of Sunday Schools, 1867.

Christian Marriage Ceremony, 1871. Francesca da Rimini (translation in verse), 6 edits, 1897, 1904. Twin Sisters of Martigny, 1899.

Christian Marriage, 1900.

Gemme della Letteratura Italiana (in Italian), 1903, 10. Sacred Hymns and Napoleonic Ode of Alexander Manzoni (translation in rhyme), 1904.

Home: Hartford, Connecticut

Achievements

• Joel Foote Bingham has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Susan Grew, July 14, 1857.

Father:

Cyrus Bingham

Mother:

Abigail (Foote) Bingham

Spouse:

Susan Grew