Hale married Emily Baldwin Perkins in 1852 she was the niece of Connecticut Governor and U.S. In 1846 he became pastor of the Church of the Unity in Worcester, Massachusetts. Hale was licensed to preach as a Unitarian minister in 1842 by the Boston Association of Ministers. Įdward Everett Hale with his sister Susan in 1855 For such reasons, and many more, the young New Englanders of liberal training rushed into life, certain that the next half century was to see a complete moral revolution in the world. They were taught that there is nothing of which it is not capable. These young people were trained to know that human nature is not totally depraved. Channing had, with him, broken forever from the fetters of Calvinistic theology. Decades later, he reflected on the new liberal theology there: He graduated second in his class in 1839 and then studied at Harvard Divinity School. There, he settled in with the literary set, won two Bowdoin Prizes and was elected the Class Poet. He graduated from Boston Latin School at age 13 and enrolled at Harvard College immediately after.

Hale was a child prodigy who exhibited extraordinary literary skills. Edward Everett Hale was also a descendant of Richard Everett and related to Helen Keller.

Edward Hale was a nephew of Edward Everett, the orator and statesman, and grand-nephew of Nathan Hale (1755–1776), the Revolutionary War hero executed by the British for espionage. Hale was born on April 3, 1822, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nathan Hale (1784–1863), proprietor and editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser, and Sarah Preston Everett and the brother of Lucretia Peabody Hale, Susan Hale, and Charles Hale. He was the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale, the American spy during the Revolutionary War.

Nine, including Ellen Day Hale (daughter) and Philip Leslie Hale (son)Įdward Everett Hale (April 3, 1822 – June 10, 1909) was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his writings such as ' The Man Without a Country', published in Atlantic Monthly, in support of the Union during the Civil War.

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