Edward A. Lawrence, Jr.
Edward A. Lawrence, Jr. (January 16, 1847 – November 10, 1893) was a Protestantism in the United States, Protestant pastor and author. He lectured on Christian mission, foreign missions, at Andover, Beloit and New Haven. He was the namesake of Lawrence House (Baltimore), Lawrence House Baltimore, a Settlement movement, settlement he opened in 1893, months before his death. Early life and education Edward Alexander Lawrence was born on January 16, 1847, in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He was the only son of the Rev. Dr. Edward A. Lawrence, Sr. and Margaret Oliver (Woods) Lawrence. Margaret's father was the theologian, Rev. Dr. Leonard Woods (theologian), Leonard Woods. Lawrence, Jr. had three sisters. When he was about eight years old, his father became professor in the Theological Institute of East Windsor, Connecticut (now Hartford International University for Religion and Peace at Hartford, Connecticut). Lawrence graduated from Yale College in 1868. He began the study of t ...
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Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the House of Normandy, Norman and House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III of England, Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I of England, Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian Peninsula#Modern Iberia, Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte (name), Duarte ...
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