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.
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| Born | May 10, 1797 Burlington, Connecticut |
| Died | February 22, 1865 (aged 67) Mount Pleasant, Iowa |
| Burial place | Rosehill Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Clergyman, lawyer |
Biography
editLeonidas 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.
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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
edit- W. C. Palmer, Life and Letters of Leonidas L. Hamline, D. D., (New York, 1866)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 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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