Background
Bray, Thomas Henry Truro was born on December 16, 1846 in near Truro, England. Son of Richard and Lavinia Howe (Truro) Bray.
Bray, Thomas Henry Truro was born on December 16, 1846 in near Truro, England. Son of Richard and Lavinia Howe (Truro) Bray.
Came to America at 16. Matriculated and did first year’s work in Northwestern University, 1871. Bachelor of Arts, Victoria College (University of Toronto), 1875, Master of Arts, 1878, Bachelor of Laws, 1883.
Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey, 1876.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1883. Doctor of Medicine Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, 1902.
Passed the ten years’ post-graduate course for Doctor of Laws, Victoria University, Cobourg, Canada, 1885.
Deacon, 1877; priest, 1879, Protestant Episcopal Church. First charge in Canton, Mississippi. Rector various churches; was deposed at own request in Saint Louis, Missouri, 1889, by the bishop of Missouri.
Later in practice of medicine, Chicago.
Author: The Knowability of God, 1887. God and Manitoba, 1888, 3d edit, 1917.
The Evolution of a Life, 1890. Reason and Dogma, 1894.
The Living Universe, 1910, 3d edit, 1917.
The Voice of the Universe. Address: Chicago, Illinois.
Married Agnes Lawarne, 1875 (died 1877). Married second, Mabel Summy, August 17, 1878 (died 1885).