Richard Salter Storrs (August 21, 1821 – June 7, 1900) was an American

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clergyman.

Biography

Storrs was born in

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. He bore the same name as his grandfather (1763–1819), pastor at

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, from 1785 to 1819, and his father (1787–1873), pastor at Braintree, Massachusetts, from 1811 to 1873 (except the years 1831–1836), both prominent Congregational ministers, who were descendants of Richard Mather. He graduated at Amherst in 1839, studied law in

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under Rufus Choate, graduated at

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in 1845, and was pastor of the Harvard Congregational church of

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, in 1845–1846, and of the Church of the Pilgrims in

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, New York, from 1846 until shortly before his death. He was a

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in theology, and an historical writer of considerable ability. From 1848 to 1861, he was associate editor of the ''New York Independent'', which he had helped to establish; from 1887 to 1897 he was president of the

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, and he was prominent in the

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Historical Society. His great-grandfather, John Storrs (1733–1799), a chaplain in the

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, had been pastor of the Southold Church in 1763–1776 and in 1782–1787.

Works

Dr Storrs's more important published works were: *''

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and the First English Bible'' (1880) *''The Recognition of the Supernatural in Letters and in life'' (1881) *''

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'' (1892) *''Foundation Truths of American Missions'' (1897).

Bibliography

References

;Attribution *

External links

, contains Storrs' centennial speech on "The Victory at Yorktown". {{DEFAULTSORT:Storrs, Richard Salter 1821 births 1900 deaths 19th-century American clergy American Christian clergy People from Braintree, Massachusetts Presidents of the American Historical Association