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Channing, William Ellery

clergyman, author, was born April 7, 1780, in Newport, R. I. He was a unitarian theologian of eminence, who became pastor of the Federal street church in Boston in 1803. He was the foremost theologian in America in his time, and his influence is still great. He wrote upon philanthropic and social as well as religious and ethical questions, and was a noted opponent of slavery. His writings have been translated into French, Italian, German, Icelandic, Russian, and Hungarian. Evidences of Revealed Religion; Self-Culture. He is the author of Essay on Milton; and The Duty of the Free States, are among his most notable works. He died Oct. 2, 1842, in Bennington, Vt. .