Background
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood was born on November 6, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Hale and Fanny Ellingwood (Larcom) Abbot.
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood was born on November 6, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Hale and Fanny Ellingwood (Larcom) Abbot.
Studied at public Latin School. Graduated from Harvard, 1859 (Doctor of Philosophy 1881). Meadville Theological school, 1863.
Unitarian clergyman, 1863-1868.
Edited The Index, a weekly journal of free religion, Toledo, 1870-1873, Boston, 1873-1880. Teacher of classical school in New York, 1880-1881. Teacher of private Home for Boys, Cambridge, Massachusetts, fitting for Harvard, 1881-1892.
Instructor in philosophy Harvard, 1887-1888.
Author: Equal Rights in Religion, Republican Centennial Congress of Liberals, 1876. Scientific Theism, 1885.
The Way Out of Agnosticism, 1890. Arethusa Hall: A Memorial, 1892.
Home: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Married Katharine Fearing Loring, August 3, 1859 (died 1893).