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See also:CROSBY, See also:HOWARD (1826–1891) , See also:American preacher and
teacher, See also:great-See also:grandson of See also:Judge See also:Joseph Crosby of See also:Massa-
chusetts and of Gen. See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Floyd of New See also:York, a signer of
the See also:Declaration of See also:Independence, was See also:born in New York See also:City
on the 27th of See also:February 1826. He graduated in 1844 from
the University of the City of New York (now New York Univer-
sity); became See also:professor of See also:Greek there in 1851, and in 1859
became professor of Greek in Rutgers See also:College, New See also:Brunswick,
New See also:Jersey, where two years later he was ordained pastor of
the first Presbyterian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. From 187o to 1881 he was
See also:chancellor of the University of the City of New York; from
1872 to 1881 was one of the American revisers of the
See also:English version of the New Testament; and in 1873 was
See also:moderator of the See also:general See also:assembly of the Presbyterian
Church. He took a prominent See also:part in politics, urged
See also:excise reform, opposed " See also:total See also:abstinence," was one of the
founders and was the first See also:president of the New York
Society for the Prevention of See also:Crime, and pleaded for
better management of See also:Indian affairs and for inter-
See also:national See also:copyright. Among his publications are The
Lands of the Moslem (1851), See also:Bible See also:Companion (187o),
Jesus: His See also:Life and See also:Works (1871), True See also:Temperance
Reform (1879), True Humanity of See also:Christ (18$o), and
commentaries on the See also:book of See also:Joshua (1875), See also:Nehemiah (1877) and the New Testament (1885).
His son, ERNEST HOWARD CROSBY (1856–1907), was a social reformer, and was born in New York City on the 4th of See also:November 1856. He graduated at the University of the City of New York in 1876 and at See also:Columbia See also:Law School in 1878; served in the New York Assembly in 1887–1889, securing the passage of a high-See also:licence See also:bill; in 1889–1894 was a judge of the Mixed Tribunal at See also:Alexandria, See also:Egypt, resigning upon coming under the See also:influence of See also:Tolstoy; and died in New York City on the 3rd of See also:January 1907. He was the first president (1894) of the Social Reform See also:Club of New York City, and was president in 1900–1905 of the New York See also:Anti-Imperialist See also:League; was a See also:leader in See also:settlement See also:work and in opposition to See also:child labour, and was a See also:disciple of Tolstoy as to universal See also:peace and non-resistance, and of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:George in his belief in the " single tax " principle. His writings, many of which are in the manner of Walt See also:Whitman, comprise See also:Plain Talk in See also:Psalm and See also:Parable (1899), Swords and Plough-shares (1902), and Broadcast (1905), all in See also:verse; an anti-military novel, See also:Captain Jinks, See also:Hero (1902); and essays on Tolstoy (1904 and 1905) and on See also:Garrison (1905).
End of Article: CROSBY, HOWARD (1826–1891)
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