Samuel Burns Weston (March 10, 1855 – July 15, 1936) was an American
Unitarian minister and editor.
Weston was born in Madison, Maine. He received an
A.B. in 1876 from
Antioch College
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, Yellow Springs, Ohio, and the degree of ''
Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus'' from
Harvard University
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in 1879. He then served as minister of the Unitarian Church in
Leicester, Massachusetts
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History
What is now Leicester was originally settled by the Nipmuc people and was known by them as ''Towtaid' ...
until 1881. In 1885, he founded the Philadelphia Society for Ethical Culture, where he was lecturer until 1891 and director until 1934, after which was director emeritus. He was the managing editor of the society's journal, ''The Ethical Record'', which was published 1888–1890. In 1890 he became the first editor of the ''
International Journal of Ethics
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Music Albums
* ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011
* ''International'' (New Order album), 2002
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''. He married Mary Hartshorne in 1891.
References
External links
The Ethical Record
19th-century American philosophers
American ethicists
Philosophy journal editors
1855 births
1936 deaths
American Unitarian Universalists
American editors
American publishers (people)
Antioch College alumni
Harvard Divinity School alumni
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