William Jones Seabury (November 19, 1837 – August 30, 1916) was an

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Episcopal

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, canon lawyer, and author. He was the son of

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and great-grandson of Bishop

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. William Jones Seabury was the father of notable American judge

Bibliography

*
Memoir of Bishop Seabury
' *''Lectures on Apostolic Succession'' *''An Introduction to the Study of Ecclesiastical Polity'' *''Notes on the Constitution of 1901''

References

*C.N. Shepard, "William Jones Seabury: A Memorial Sketch" in ''The Living Church'', September 23, 1916, pp. 735–736.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seabury, William Jones 1837 births 1916 deaths General Theological Seminary alumni American Episcopal priests 19th-century American Episcopalians