Background
Eliot, William Greenleaf was born on August 5, 1811 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Greenleaf and Margaret (Dawes) Eliot.
clergyman university chancellor
Eliot, William Greenleaf was born on August 5, 1811 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Greenleaf and Margaret (Dawes) Eliot.
Graduate Columbian College, 1829. Attended Harvard Divinity School, 1834, South.T.D., 1854.
Founder Church of the Messiah, Saint Louis (1st Unitarian Society West of Mississippi River), 1834, pastor, 1834-1873. President Saint Louis School Board, 1848. Founder Mission Free School, 1856.
President State Institute for Blind, 1853.
Obtained state charter for Eliot Seminary (now Washington University), Saint Louis, 1853, organized corporation, 1854, became president of the board, acting chancellor, 1870, chancellor, 1872-1887. Author: A Manual of Prayer, 1851.
Discourses on the Doctrines of Christianity, 1852. Lectures to Young Men, 1853.
Lectures to Young Women, 1853.
The Unity of God, 1854. Early Religious Education, 1855. Discipline of Sorrow, 1855.
Married Abby A. Cranch, 1837, 5 children.