Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher.

Henry Ward Beecher (born June 24, 1813 in Litchfield , Connecticut , † March 8, 1887 in Brooklyn , NY ) was a congregational American preacher .

Career

Henry Ward Beecher was born the eighth of thirteen children of Presbyterian theologian Lyman Beecher . One of his sisters was the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe . After graduating, he became a preacher in Indianapolis in 1839 and then in Brooklyn in 1847. In his sermons, which were already published as books during his lifetime, he advocated equal rights for women and the liberation of slaves . In 1875 he was accused by his former friend Theodore Tilton of adultery with his wife Elizabeth Tilton and successfully defended by Austin Abbott . His most famous quote to this day is: "Truths are first clouds, then rain, then harvest and food." (Truths are first [like] clouds, then rain, then harvest and food.)

literature

Debby Applegate : The Most Famous Man in America. The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher . Doubleday, New York NY 2006, ISBN 0-385-51396-8 .
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Beecher, Henry Ward. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 455-456. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Commons : Henry Ward Beecher - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikiquote: Henry Ward Beecher - Quotes

Literature by and about Henry Ward Beecher in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Beecher, Henry Ward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American preacher
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH	Litchfield , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	March 8, 1887
Place of death	Brooklyn , NY