Background
King, Thomas Starr was born on December 17, 1824 in New York City. Son of Review Thomas Farrington and Susan (Starr) King.
King, Thomas Starr was born on December 17, 1824 in New York City. Son of Review Thomas Farrington and Susan (Starr) King.
Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard, 1850.
Principal, West Grammar School, Medford, Massachusetts, 1842. Ordained to ministry, circa 1846. 1st pastor Universalist Church, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1846-1848.
Pastor Hollis Saint Church, Boston, 1848-1859.
In charge of Unitarian parish in San Francisco, 1860-1864. Member United States Sanitary Commission in California.
Best known lectures include: Goethe, Substance and Show, The Lost Arts, Socrates, Sight and Insight, The Laws of Disorder, Webster and the Constitution, Lexington and the New Struggle, Washington and the Union. Author: The White Hills, their Legends, Landscapes, and Poetry, 1860.
Contributor letters to Boston Transcript.
Member United States Sanitary Commission in California.
Married Julia Wiggin, December 17, 1848.