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Ezra Hall Gillett (1823–1875) was an American clergyman and author.


Biography

Ezra Hall Gillett was born at
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on July 15, 1823. He graduated in 1841 at
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, and in 1844 at the Union Theological Seminary, and became pastor of a
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church in
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, N. Y. In 1868 he was appointed
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of
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,
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, and
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in
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. He died at his home in
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on September 2, 1875.


Works

In addition to numerous contributions to the theological reviews, he published works, including: * ''Life and Times of
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'' (1863–64) * ''History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States'' (1864) * ''The Moral System'' (1874)


References


External links

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''Yale Obituary Record''
1823 births 1875 deaths People from Colchester, Connecticut American Presbyterian ministers American Calvinist and Reformed theologians American biographers American male biographers Yale University alumni New York University faculty 19th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 19th-century male writers 19th-century American clergy {{US-bio-writer-stub