Rev. Samuel Gilman (February 16, 1791 - February 9, 1858) was an American poet, cleric, and prose author.
Samuel Gilman (1791-1858). Portrait by Alvan Fisher (1792-1863), circa 1820. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Gilman was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts, the son of Abigail (Soames) and Frederick Gilman, a wealthy merchant.[1]
He entered Harvard University in 1807, at the age of 16, graduating and writing the class poem in 1811.[1]
After graduation he briefly worked in a bank, then returned to Harvard to study theology.[1]
Career[]
On September 25, 1819, Gilman married Caroline Howard. In the same year he became pastor of the Second Independent Church (later the Archdale Street Unitarian Church) at Charleston, South Carolina, where he served for almost 40 years, until his death.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Monody on the Victims and Sufferers by the Late Conflagration in the City of Richmond, Virginia. Boston: T.B. Wait, for Charles Williams, 1812.
- Pleasures and Pains of the Student's Life: Two poems. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, & Fields, 1852.
Non-fiction[]
- Funeral Address Delivered ... at the interment of Edward Peter Simons. Charleston, SC: printed by A.E. Miller, 1823.
- Unitarian Christianity Free from Objectionable Extremes: A sermon. Charleston, SC: printed by James R. Burges, 1828; Boston: Gray & Bowen, for the American Unitarian Association, 1829.
- Memoirs of a New England Village Choir. Boston: S.G. Goodrich, 1829; Boston: B.H. Greene, 1834.
- The Folly of Aspiring to Universal Applause: A discourse. Charleston, SC: 1838.
- A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Honorable Thomas Lee. 1839.
- Contributions to Literature: Descriptive, critical, humorous, biographical, philosophical, and poetical. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, 1856.
- "Farewell to the Old Church" in The Old and the New; or, Discourses and proceedings at the dedication of the re-modelled Unitarian church in Charleston, S.C., on Sunday, April 2, 1954: Preceded by the farewell discourse delivered in the old church, on Sunday, April 4, 1852. Charleston, SC: S.G. Courtney, 1954.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
See also[]
Reference[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 David Haberly, Samuel Gilman, Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography, March 11, 2002, Unitarian Universalist History & Heritage Society. Web, June 28, 2016.
- ↑ Search results = au:Samuel Gilman, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, June 28, 2016.
External links[]
- Hymns
- Samuel Gilman at Poetry Nook ("O God, accept the sacred hour")
- Samuel Gilman at Hymnary.org.
'Prose
- About
- Samuel Gilman in the Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography
- Rev. Samuel Gilman (1791-1858) at English Poetry, 1579-1830
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