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See also:POTTER, ALONZO (1800-1865) , See also:American See also:bishop of the See also:Protestant Episcopal 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, was See also:born at Beekman (now La See also:Grange), Dutchess See also:county, New See also:York, on the 6th of See also:July 1800. His ancestors, See also:English See also:Friends, settled in See also:Portsmouth, Rhode See also:Island, between 164o and 166o; his See also:father was a See also:farmer, a Quaker, and in 1798 and in 1814 was a member of the New York See also:Assembly. The son graduated at See also:Union See also:College in 1818, and in 1821-1826 was See also:professor of See also:mathematics and natural See also:philosophy there. In 1824 he was ordained See also:priest, and married a daughter of See also:President Eliphalet See also:Nott of Union College; she died in 1839, and in 1841 he married her See also:cousin. He was See also:rector of St See also:Paul's See also:Boston, from 1826 to 1831, when he became professor of moral and intellectual philosophy and See also:political See also:economy at Union. In 1838 he refused the See also:post of assistant bishop of the eastern See also:diocese (See also:Maine, New See also:Hampshire, See also:Massachusetts and Rhode Island). He was See also:vice-president of Union College in 1838-1845. After the suspension 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 Ustick Onderdonk (1789-1858) from the bishopric of See also:Pennsylvania Potter was chosen to succeed him, and was consecrated on the 23rd of See also:September 1845. Owing to his failing See also:health he visited See also:England and See also:France in 1858, and in See also:April 1864 sailed from New York for See also:California, but died on See also:board See also:ship in See also:San Francisco See also:harbour on the 4th of July 1865.
In 1846 he established the western and See also:north-eastern convocations of priests in his diocese; from 1850 to 186o, when its corner-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone was laid, he laboured for the " See also:Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in See also:Philadelphia "; and in 1861 he established the Philadelphia Divinity School. In 1842 with See also:George B. See also:Emerson (1797–1871) he published The School and the Schoolmaster, which had a large circulation and See also:great See also:influence. In 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1853 he delivered five courses of lectures on the See also:Lowell See also:Institute See also:foundation. He advocated See also:temperance reform and frequently delivered a lecture on the Drinking Usages of Society (1852); he was an opponent of See also:slavery and published a reply to the See also:pro-slavery arguments of Bishop See also:John Henry See also:Hopkins (1792–1868) of See also:Vermont. He edited many reprints and collections of sermons and lectures, and wrote: Political Economy (184o), The Principles of See also:Science applied to the Domestic and Mechanic Arts (1841), Handbook for Readers and Students (1843), and-Religious Philosophy (187o).
See M. A. de See also:Wolfe See also:Howe, See also:Memoirs of the See also:Life and Services of the Right See also:Reverend Alonzo Potter, D.D. (Philadelphia, 1871).
His See also:brother, HORATIO POTTER (1802-1887), was born in Beek-See also:man, New York, on the 9th of See also:February 18o2. He graduated at Union College in 1826, was ordained a priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1828, was rector for several months in See also:Saco, Maine, and in 1828-1833 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at See also:Washington (now Trinity) College, See also:Hart-See also:ford, See also:Connecticut. In 1833-1854 he was rector of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's, See also:Albany; in See also:November 18J4 he was elected provincial bishop of New York in See also:place of See also:Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk (1791-1861), who had been suspended, and upon Onderdonk's See also:death he became bishop.
End of Article: POTTER, ALONZO (1800-1865)
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