Horace Holley (1887-1960)
Horace Holley may refer to: * Horace Holley (minister) (1781–1827), Unitarian minister and president of Transylvania University * Horace Holley (Baháʼí) (1887–1960), follower of the Bahá'í Faith {{hndis, name=Holley, Horace ...
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Horace Holley (minister)
Horace Holley (February 13, 1781 – July 31, 1827) was an Americans, American Unitarianism, Unitarian minister and president of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Early life Horace Holley was born February 13, 1781, in Salisbury, Connecticut, the fourth son of Luther and Sarah (Dakin) Holley.Trask, "Horace and Mary Austin Holley" Orville L. Holley and Myron Holley were his brothers. Their father was the founder of a successful iron business, and was also a farmer and merchant. Holley began his early studies before the age of four, and finished them by age ten.''Proceedings'', p. 123 For the next few years, he studied at home under the tutelage of his father. In 1797, at the age of sixteen, he began preparatory studies at Williams College. He matriculated to Yale University, Yale in 1799.Holley, Horace, 1781–1827 While attending Yale, he became excited by the religious doctrines of Yale president Timothy Dwight IV, Timothy Dwight, a staunch opponent of deism. ...
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