James Freeman Clarke
American
James Freeman Clarke was a notable American author and Unitarian theologian. - AsNotedIn
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| Hedge's Club |
Lineage
- Father Samuel Clarke
- Mother Rebecca Hull Clarke
James Freeman Clarke was a notable American author and Unitarian theologian. - AsNotedIn
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| Hedge's Club |
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| 1810/04/04 | James Clarke is born in Hanover, New Hampshire. | Born | Hanover, NH | New Hampshire | |||
| 1829/08/26 | James Clarke graduates from Harvard College. | Education | Harvard Yard | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1833/00/00 | I do not know that our family were ever happier than in those days. We were all poor, but all who could were doing something to support themselves. My sister gave lessons in drawing. Two of my brothers were doing what they could. - JFC | Work | Rebecca Clarke's Place | ||||
| 1833/07/21 | After graduating from Harvard Divinity School in 1833, Rev James Freeman Clarke is ordained into the Unitarian church. | Vocation | Divinity Hall, Harvard U | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1841/04/27 | Rev James Clarke establishes the Church of the Disciples in Boston. Except for a leave of absence between 1850-1854, he was the pastor of that church until his death in 1888. | Vocation | Church of the Disciples | Boston | |||
| 1855/00/00 | James Clarke buys Brook Farm in order to start a new Utopian community, but this never came to fruition. | Owner | Brook Farm Historic Site, Boston | Boston | |||
| 1861/11/18 | After hearing, "John Brown's Body", after a review of Union Infantry outside Washington on Upton Hill in Virginia, Rev James Clarke, suggest to Howe that she could write new words for the fight song. "I wish I might!," replied Mrs Howe. | Life | The Battle Hymn of the Republic | Arlington, VA | Virginia | ||
| 1861/11/18 | After hearing, "John Brown's Body", after a review of Union Infantry outside Washington on Upton Hill in Virginia, Rev James Clarke, suggest to Howe that she could write new words for the fight song. "I wish I might!," replied Mrs Howe. | Life | John Brown's Body (song) | Arlington, VA | Virginia | ||
| 1867/00/00 | Rev James Clarke works as a non-resident professor at the Harvard Divinity School from 1867 to 1871. | Work | Divinity Hall, Harvard U | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1869/02/20 | With construction begun in 1868, Church of the Disciples sanctuary is dedicated. | Vocation | Church of the Disciples | Boston | |||
| 1880/04/04 | Friends of James Freeman Clarke, including William H Channing, Rev Henry W Foote, Julia Ward Howe and Dr O W Holmes, honor Clarke on his birthday with poem, song and story. | Life | Church of the Disciples | Boston | |||
| 1884/10/28 | At one of the largest meetings of bolters held tonight in Boston's Charlestown, Rev James Freeman Clarke speaks at length largely in reply to Senator Hoar's criticism of his support for Gov Cleveland. | Orator | Grover Cleveland 1884 Campaign for US President | ||||
| 1888/06/08 | James Clarke dies at Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. The Clarke's home was on Woodside Ave, between Washington St and Forest Hills St. James is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery. | Died | Forest Hills Cemetery | Boston | |||
| 1891/00/00 | James Clarke's "Autobiography, Diary, and Correspondence", edited by Edward Everett Hale, is published. | Author |
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