BEECHER, HENRY WARD

(181387), Amer, Hn, and abolitionist; Church, Brooklyn; sermons marked by great originality and eloquence. He was appointed editor of the Christian Union (1870), and visited England in 1863 and 1886, where vast audiences were attracted by his eloquence. He pub. Seven Lectures to Young Men (1844), Life Thoughts (1858), Life of Christ (1871), ete. Amer. preacher; sometime president of Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati; enjoyed great popularity as a preacher; Collected Works 3 vols. (1852); Autobiography, 2 vols, (1863-4). He was the father of Henry Ward Beecher, Mrs. H. B. Stowe, Edward, Charles, Thomas, and Catherine Esther Beecher, all of whom obtained distinction either as writers or preachers.