Channing, William Henry

Channing, William Henry a Unitarian divine, nephew of Dr. William E. Channing, was born in Boston, May 25, 1810. He graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and from Cambridge Divinity School in 1833; was ordained in 1839; successively served independent congregations at Meadville (Pennsylvania), New York city, Cincinnati, Ohio, Nashua, N.H., Boston, Massachusetts, Rochester, N.Y., and Liverpool, England, and finally resided without. charge in London until his death, December 24, 1884. He edited various journals, wrote frequently for the reviews, and was the author of several sermons and memoirs, particularly of his uncle (1848, 3 volumes).