William Ware (August 3, 1797 – February 19, 1852) was an American writer and minister.

Biography

Ware was born in

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on August 3, 1797. He graduated from

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in 1816, studied for the Unitarian ministry, and preached mainly in New York, and later in

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. He achieved literary recognition chiefly from his authorship of two historical romances, ''Zenobia, or the Fall of Palmyra'' (first published as ''Letters from Palmyra'', 1836 and 1837) and ''Aurelian'' (first published as ''Probus'', 1838). He contributed the ''Life'' of Nathaniel Bacon to

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's ''The Library of American Biography''. His ''Lectures on the works and genius of

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'' appeared in print in 1852. His ''Writings'' were published in 1904. He died in

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on February 19, 1852.

References

External links

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The papers
of William Ware are in the Andover-Harvard Theological Library at

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