Leonidas Lent Hamline
American lawyer
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Leonidas Lent Hamline (pronounced "Hamlin"; 1797–1865) was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop and a lawyer. Hamline University, Hamline Avenue, and Hamline United Methodist Church, all in Saint Paul, Minnesota, are named after him.
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| Born | May 10, 1797 Burlington, Connecticut |
| Died | February 22, 1865 (aged 67) Mount Pleasant, Iowa |
| Burial place | Rosehill Cemetery |
| Occupations | Clergyman, lawyer |
Biography
Leonidas Lent Hamline was born in Burlington, Connecticut on May 10, 1797.[1] He studied for the ministry, but afterward studied law, and practiced for a while in Ohio. He became a preacher in the Methodist church in 1830. In 1844, when the Methodist church divided over slavery, he was a member of the General Conference, the church's legislative body, and drew up the plan of separation.
He provided US$25,000 of his own money to launch a school, which became Hamline University. A statue of the bishop, sculpted by Michael Price, professor of art, stands on campus.
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Hamline was the first editor of the long-running 19th-century Cincinnati-based periodical, The Ladies' Repository, and Gatherings of the West.[1]
He died in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on February 22, 1865, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.[1]
A number of his sermons are given in the Works of L. L. Hamline, D. D., edited by Rev. F. G. Hibbard, D. D., (two volumes, 1869).
Publications
- W. C. Palmer, Life and Letters of Leonidas L. Hamline, D. D., (New York, 1866)
