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Born | 22 May 1836
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Died | 15 September 1876
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Family | Francis Bacon
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George Blagden Bacon (May 22, 1836 in New Haven, Connecticut [1] – September 15, 1876 [2]) was a United States clergyman and author of texts on religious issues. Bacon was a congregational pastor [3] in Orange, New Jersey. [4] The ministry ran in the Bacons' blood: George B. Bacon was the son of Leonard Bacon [5] and the brother of Leonard Woolsey Bacon, [6] both Congregationalist pastors; two other brothers were also preachers, Thomas Rutherford Bacon of New Haven, [7] [8] and Edward Woolsey Bacon of New London, Connecticut. [9] [10]
Bacon graduated from Yale University in 1856. [11] He became minister of the Congregational Church in Orange, New Jersey, in 1861, [12] and became a trustee of the American Congregational Union in 1866. [13] In 1875, he was again nominated as trustee of the board of regents of the Congregational Union, but publicly stated that he declined to serve on the board with Henry C. Bowen; [3] Bacon's father, Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, felt misrepresented enough by remarks made by Bowen that he wrote a letter to the Chicago Tribune publicly disavowing any friendship with Bowen. [14] In the same year, George Bacon delivered the commencement address at the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. [15]
Bacon, whom The Nation called a "lively" writer, [16] was a regular contributor to Scribner’s Monthly, writing on religious [17] as well as social topics (such as Chinese immigration to the United States [18]). He also wrote on the Sabbath question, an important subject in late-nineteenth century America when a debate was waged between those who saw the day of rest as a legal obligation and those, including Bacon, who considered it a Christian privilege. [19] He died at age 40, on 15 September 1876, after a "lingering illness". In a eulogy, Scribner’s Monthly called him a "model literary clergyman": "His contributions to the body of the magazine were always marked by broad views, intense dislike of sham and cant, by high moral purpose, and by a style as simple and direct as it was elegant and attractive." [17]
George B. Bacon | |
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Born | 22 May 1836
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Died | 15 September 1876
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Alma mater | |
Family | Francis Bacon
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George Blagden Bacon (May 22, 1836 in New Haven, Connecticut [1] – September 15, 1876 [2]) was a United States clergyman and author of texts on religious issues. Bacon was a congregational pastor [3] in Orange, New Jersey. [4] The ministry ran in the Bacons' blood: George B. Bacon was the son of Leonard Bacon [5] and the brother of Leonard Woolsey Bacon, [6] both Congregationalist pastors; two other brothers were also preachers, Thomas Rutherford Bacon of New Haven, [7] [8] and Edward Woolsey Bacon of New London, Connecticut. [9] [10]
Bacon graduated from Yale University in 1856. [11] He became minister of the Congregational Church in Orange, New Jersey, in 1861, [12] and became a trustee of the American Congregational Union in 1866. [13] In 1875, he was again nominated as trustee of the board of regents of the Congregational Union, but publicly stated that he declined to serve on the board with Henry C. Bowen; [3] Bacon's father, Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, felt misrepresented enough by remarks made by Bowen that he wrote a letter to the Chicago Tribune publicly disavowing any friendship with Bowen. [14] In the same year, George Bacon delivered the commencement address at the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. [15]
Bacon, whom The Nation called a "lively" writer, [16] was a regular contributor to Scribner’s Monthly, writing on religious [17] as well as social topics (such as Chinese immigration to the United States [18]). He also wrote on the Sabbath question, an important subject in late-nineteenth century America when a debate was waged between those who saw the day of rest as a legal obligation and those, including Bacon, who considered it a Christian privilege. [19] He died at age 40, on 15 September 1876, after a "lingering illness". In a eulogy, Scribner’s Monthly called him a "model literary clergyman": "His contributions to the body of the magazine were always marked by broad views, intense dislike of sham and cant, by high moral purpose, and by a style as simple and direct as it was elegant and attractive." [17]