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Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922
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1835-1922
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Lyman J. Abbott was born on December 18, 1835, in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
He was an American Congregationalist theologian, pastor, editor, lawyer, and author. In 1853, he graduated from the New York University where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1856. He soon abandoned the legal profession, and after studying theology, he was ordained a minister of the Congregational Church in 1860. He was a pastor in Indiana, New England, and New York. He was also an associate editor of Harper's Magazine, editor-in-chief of The Christian Union, renamed The Outlook in 1893, and the founder of a publication called the Illustrated Christian Weekly.
In 1857, he married Abby Frances Hamlin. He died on October 22, 1922, In New York, New York.
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https://lccn.loc.gov/n50034805