Charles Carroll Everett
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Charles Carroll Everett (June 19, 1829 – October 16, 1900) was an American
philosopher
.
Early life and education
Charles was born on June 19, 1829, in
Harvard educated lawyer, banker, and long-time trustee of Bowdoin College. During the 1840s he was also elected to represent Brunswick in the Maine Legislature.[1] The Everetts were an old, notable, and well connected New England family. Among his father's first cousins were Massachusetts Senator and Secretary of State Edward Everett and Ambassador Alexander Hill Everett. His first cousin, Mary Susan Everett, was married to General Henry Larcom Abbot
.
In 1846 Charles entered
Doctorate of Divinity
.
Ministry and academic career
In 1859, the same year as his graduation from Harvard, he became the pastor of the Independent Congregational (Unitarian) church at Bangor, Maine, a position he held until 1869.
In 1869, he resigned from the pulpit to take the
non-denominational theological journal.[4] This would, however, ultimately be fulfilled several years after his death at the bequest of his daughter's will in 1908 with the printing of the first issue of the Harvard Theological Review. In 1893 he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1893, although he subsequently resigned.[5]
He died at Cambridge on October 16, 1900.[6]
Selected writings
- The Science of Thought (1869)
- Fichte's Science of Knowledge (1884)
- Poetry, Comedy and Duty (1888)
- Religions before Christianity (1883)
- Ethics for Young People (1891)
- The Gospel of Paul (1892)
References
- ^ Everett, Edward F. (1902). The Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass. p. 117.
- ^ Everett, Edward F. (1902). The Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass. p. 215.
- ^ Everett, Edward F. (1902). The Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass. p. 215.
- ^ "Harvard Divinity School at the Turn of the 20th Century: Harvard Theological Review". Online exhibit of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard Divinity School, Dean's Report, 1903/1904.
- ^ "MemberListE". American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved 7 October 2022 – via americanantiquarian.org.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Everett, Charles Carroll". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 8.
- Everett, Charles Franklin. Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass. (1902), 215-216.
External links
- Lectures and correspondence of Charles Carroll Everett are in the Harvard Divinity School Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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