Background
Frothingham, Octavius Brooks was born on November 26, 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathaniel Langdon and Ann (Brooks) Frothingham.
Frothingham, Octavius Brooks was born on November 26, 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathaniel Langdon and Ann (Brooks) Frothingham.
Graduated from Harvard, 1843, Harvard Divinity School, 1846.
Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, 1847. Became pastor North Church, Salem, Massachusetts, 1847. Pastor Unitarian Society, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1855.
Organized 3d Congressional Unitarian Society (later Independent Liberal Church) to further his influence, New York City, 1859.
A founder Free Religious Association, 1867, president, 1867-1878. Author: The Religion of Humanity, 1872.
Life of Theodore Parker, 1874. Knowledge and Faith, 1876.
A History of Transcendentalism in New England, 1876.
Visions of the Future, 1879. Boston Unitarianism, 1890) Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890, 1891. Also hymn “The Lord of Hosts, Whose Guiding Hand.”.
Married Caroline East. Curtis, March 23, 1847.