Calvin Ellis Stowe

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(1802-1886) author, minister, professor, theologian; born April 26, 1802, in Natick, MA; professor, Dartmouth College (1830-1833), Lane Theological Seminary (1833-1850), Bowdoin College (1850-1852), and Andover Theological Seminary (1852-1864); author, Introduction to the criticism and interpretation of the Bible (1835), Education of Immigrants (1835), The Prussian System of Public Instruction (1836), Elementary Education in Europe (1837), Elementary Instruction in Europe (1838), The Religious Element in Education (1844), The Right Interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures (1853), and Origin and History of the Books of the Bible, Part I (1867); wives, Eliza E. Tyler (1808-1834, married 1832-1834), Harriet E. Beecher (1811-1896, married 1836-1886); children Harriet Stowe (1836-1907), Eliza Stowe (1836-1912), Henry Stowe (1838-1857), Frederick Stowe (1840-1871), Georgiana Stowe (1843-1890), Samuel Stowe (1848-1849), and Charles Stowe (1850-1934); died August 22, 1886 in Hartford, CT. Resident of Asylum Hill (Oakholm, 1863-1873, and 73 Forest Street, 1873-1886). Founder, Asylum Hill Congregational Church.

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