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Letter, 24 February 1893
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-285-0002
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(1847-1902)
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John Henry Barrows was born on July 11, 1847, in Medina, Michigan.
From 1881 to 1895, he served as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church and became one of the most renowned preachers of his time. In 1896, he delivered the Haskell Lecture in India, Japan, and Hawaii, and he was the minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Chicago from 1886 to 1891. In 1899, Barrows was elected president of Oberlin College. He also served as Chairman of the 1893 General Committee on the Congress of Religions, now known as the World's Parliament of Religions. He authored several books, including two volumes of "The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the World's First Parliament of Religions, Held in Chicago in Connection with the Columbian Exposition of 1893." An endowed chair at the University of Chicago Divinity School is named in his honour.
In 1875, he married Sarah Eleanor Mole (1852–1940). He died on June 3, 1902, in Oberlin, Ohio.
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Letter from John Henry Barrows to John William Dawson, written from Chicago.
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- Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899 (Recipient)