Hosea Ballou II

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Hosea Ballou II
President of Tufts University
In office
1853–1861
Succeeded by Alonzo Ames Miner
Personal details
Born (1796-10-18)October 18, 1796
Guilford, Vermont
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Medford, Massachusetts

Hosea Ballou II (October 18, 1796 – May 27, 1861) was an American Universalist minister and the first president of Tufts University from 1853 to 1861.[1]

Life

He was born in Halifax, Vermont.[1] He promoted the establishment of seminaries for religious training, something which was at that time opposed by a number of influential Universalists including his uncle Hosea. He edited or wrote for a number of Universalist publications. In 1843, he replaced Ellery Channing as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers, and retained this position until 1858.[2]

He was the son of Asahel Ballou and Martha Starr, a descendant of Comfort Starr, one of the original incorporators of Harvard College.[3] Hosea Ballou II was also the grand-nephew of Hosea Ballou, and was associated with him in editing The Universalist Quarterly Review.[1] He married Clarissa Hatch in 1820, and they had seven children.

Writings

  • The Ancient History of Universalism, from the Time of the Apostles to the Fifth General Council (1829)
  • A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families (1837)
  • "Review of the Denomination of Universalists in the United States," Universalist Expositor (1839)
  • Counsel and Encouragement: Discourses on the Conduct of Life (1866)

Notes

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  2. Howe & Hughes 1999.
  3. Hosea Ballou, 2nd, First President of Tufts College, Hosea Starr Ballou, E. P. Guild & Co., Boston, 1896
  • Charles A. Howe, Peter Hughes, (1999) "Hosea Ballou 2d.", Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography

Further reading

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  • Alan Seaburg. The First Universalist Church of Medford, Massachusetts. Billerica: Anne Miniver Press, 2013

External links

  • The papers of Hosea Ballou are in the Andover-Harvard Theological Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


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