Leonidas Lent Hamline
American lawyer
Leonidas Lent Hamline
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May 10, 1797
Burlington
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February 22, 1865
(1865-02-22)
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Mount Pleasant
, Iowa
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Burial place | Rosehill Cemetery |
Occupation(s) | Clergyman, lawyer |
Leonidas Lent Hamline (pronounced "Hamlin"; 1797–1865) was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop and a lawyer. He is the eponym of Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota , and of Hamline Avenue and Hamline United Methodist Church, also in St. Paul.
Biography
Leonidas Lent Hamline was born in Burlington, Connecticut on May 10, 1797. [1] He studied for the ministry, but afterward studied law, and practiced for a while in Ohio . He became a preacher in the Methodist church in 1830. In 1844, when the Methodist church divided over slavery , he was a member of the General Conference , the church's legislative body, and drew up the plan of separation.
He provided US$25,000 of his own money to launch a school, which became Hamline University . A statue of the bishop, sculpted by Michael Price , professor of art, stands on campus.
Hamline was the first editor of the long-running 19th-century Cincinnati -based periodical, The Ladies' Repository, and Gatherings of the West . [1]
He died in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on February 22, 1865, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. [1]
A number of his sermons are given in the Works of L. L. Hamline, D. D. , edited by Rev. F. G. Hibbard, D. D., (two volumes, 1869).
Publications
- W. C. Palmer, Life and Letters of Leonidas L. Hamline, D. D. , (New York, 1866)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Simpson, Matthew , ed. (1878). Cyclopedia of Methodism . Philadelphia: Everts & Stewart. pp. 424–426 . Retrieved June 12, 2023 – via Google Books.
- Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops . Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.
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