W.G. Eliot, from UUA Archives

William Greenleaf Eliot (1811 - 1887) was a American educator, Unitarian clergyman, and civic leader in Missouri. Image File history File linksMetadata WGEliot. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Unitarian Christianity Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) established at the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE. Historic Unitarians believed in the moral authority, but not the... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Eliot was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. After attending the Friends Academy in New Bedford, Eliot attended Columbian College, Washington, D.C., and graduated in 1831. Eliot then attended Harvard Divinity School and graduated in 1834. He was ordained a minister of the Unitarian church on August 17, 1834. Nickname: The Whaling City Settled: 1640 â€“ Incorporated: 1787 Zip Code(s): 02740 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ... The George Washington University (GWU) is a private university in Washington, D.C., founded in 1821 as The Columbian College. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C. in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

After his ordination, Eliot moved to St. Louis, where he lived from 1834 to 1887. There he founded the Church of the Messiah, the first Unitarian church west of the Mississippi, which is currently called the First Unitarian Church of Saint Louis, and he remained a minister there from 1834 to 1870. Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area    - City 66. ... Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ...

While in St. Louis, he was instrumental in the founding of many civic institutions, including the St. Louis Public Schools, the St. Louis Art Museum, Mission Free School, South Side Day Nursery, and the Western Sanitary Commission to provide medical care and supplies during the Civil War. In 1861 he was part of a small group of men who helped Generals Nathaniel Lyon and Francis P. Blair in preserving Missouri to the Union. He contributed to the development of the Colored Orphans' Home, Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Memorial Home, Blind Girls' Home, Women's Christian Home, and other charities. St. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as the U.S., the Union, the North, or the Yankees; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as the Confederate States of America, the CSA, the Confederacy... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Nathaniel Lyon Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 – August 10, 1861) was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War and is noted for his actions in the state of Missouri at the beginning of the conflict. ... Francis Preston Blair (April 12, 1791 – October 18, 1876), American journalist and politician, was born at Abingdon, Virginia. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

He also founded, and fostered the development of eductational institutions in St. Louis. He co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (initially called Eliot Seminary - much to his chagrin) in 1853, and served as its chancellor from 1870 to 1887, donating funds to its construction. He also founded Mary Institute in 1859, which is now a part of Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, naming it for his daughter Mary, who had died young. Washington University redirects here. ... First proposed by Missouri State Senator Wayman Crow in 1853, Eliot Seminary is the original name of Washington University in St. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Mary Institute & St. ...

Among his writings are the books Doctrines of Christianity, Lectures to Young Men, Lectures to Young Women, (re-edited as Home and Influence), Discipline of Sorrow, and The Story of Archer Alexander: From Slavery to Freedom. These ranged from works of theology in the Unitarian tradition to specific moral advice to young people. He advocated individual responsibility, and in public policy women's suffrage and prohibition of alcohol. Prohibition is any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ...

Eliot has his own star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame, and was the grandfather of poet T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965). The St. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American (naturalised British) poet, dramatist and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, The Hollow Men, and Four Quartets, are considered defining achievements of twentieth century Modernist poetry. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

External links

• Eliot family genealogy including William G. Eliot
• Full text and facsimile of The Story of Archer Alexander (1863) at University of North Carolina
• Facsimile of Lectures to Young Men at University of Michigan
• Biographical entry at Washington University in Saint Louis

References

• Eliot, Charlotte, C. 1904. William Greenleaf Eliot. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., The Riverside Press. Cambridge, MA.
• Holt, Earl K. III. 1985. William Greenleaf Eliot—Conservative Radical. published by First Unitarian Church of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
• William Greenleaf Eliot at Eliot Family Genealogy
• Scott, Henry Eliot. 1988. The Family of William Greenleaf Eliot and Abby Adams Eliot, as Chronicled by their Descendants, to 1988