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King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864

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Personal name headingKing, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864
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Variant(s)King, T. Starr (Thomas Starr), 1824-1864
Associated placeCharlestown, Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass.
LocatedSan Francisco, Calif.
Birth date18241217
Death date18640304
Place of birthNew York, N.Y.
Place of deathSan Francisco, Calif.
Field of activityUnitarianism
Profession or occupationClergy
Found inHis The death of Mr. Webster, 1852: t.p. (Thomas Starr King, pastor)
Fitchburg Athenaeum. Athenaeum lectures! The lecture on Tuesday eve, 1853: t.p. (Rev. T. Starr King)
MoSU-L/NLT files (hdg.: King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864)
Wikipedia, Jun. 18, 2013: "Thomas Starr King" (Thomas Starr King; born Dec. 17, 1824, New York City to the Rev. Thomas Farrington King and Susan Starr King; died Mar. 4, 1864 in San Francisco of diphtheria complicated by exhaustion; American Unitarian and Unitarian minister; sole support of his family by age 15 and forced to leave school, he undertook a self-study program, and at 20 took over his father's former pulpit of the Charlestown, MA Universalist Church; 1849 appointed pastor of Hollis Street Church, Boston; 1860 accepted a call from the First Unitarian Church, San Francisco; influential in California politics during the Civil War, credited by Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic, and organized the Pacific branch of the United States Sanitary Commission)
Associated languageeng