Author, Religious Figure. Edward Everett Hale was a 19th century American author, who was well-known for his book "The Man Without a Country," which was published in the "Atlantic Monthly" during the American Civil War in support of the Union viewpoint. Hale was an outspoken abolitionist. Born into a large famous family of patriots and authors, who have the same names, he was the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale, a spy for the colonists during the American Revolutionary War. He was the son of Nathan Hale, the editor of the "Boston Daily Advertiser." He was the nephew of the politician Edward Everett. Later, he married Emily Baldwin Perkins, the niece of novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe. He entered Harvard at age 13 and graduated with the class of 1839. He became a teacher, the editor of the "Christian Examiner," and writer of essays and short stories before becoming a minister in 1842 and serving in several pulpits in Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts. In these roles, he advocated various reforms, changing his church denomination at least twice and was a founding member of the Unitarian Church of America. In 1903 he became Chaplain of the United States Senate. A statue of Hale stands in the Boston Public Garden. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1865 and the American Philosophical Society in 1870.
Author, Religious Figure. Edward Everett Hale was a 19th century American author, who was well-known for his book "The Man Without a Country," which was published in the "Atlantic Monthly" during the American Civil War in support of the Union viewpoint. Hale was an outspoken abolitionist. Born into a large famous family of patriots and authors, who have the same names, he was the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale, a spy for the colonists during the American Revolutionary War. He was the son of Nathan Hale, the editor of the "Boston Daily Advertiser." He was the nephew of the politician Edward Everett. Later, he married Emily Baldwin Perkins, the niece of novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe. He entered Harvard at age 13 and graduated with the class of 1839. He became a teacher, the editor of the "Christian Examiner," and writer of essays and short stories before becoming a minister in 1842 and serving in several pulpits in Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts. In these roles, he advocated various reforms, changing his church denomination at least twice and was a founding member of the Unitarian Church of America. In 1903 he became Chaplain of the United States Senate. A statue of Hale stands in the Boston Public Garden. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1865 and the American Philosophical Society in 1870.
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