Topic summary
Swedenborgian
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Swedenborgianism.
Notable figures with Swedenborgian connections
- William Blake: His The Marriage of Heaven and Hell satirised Swedenborg's Heaven and Hell. Blake and his wife, Catherine, attended the first General Conference of the New Jerusalem Church in 1789. Blake was influenced by an earlier version of the New Church. His doctrine, however, later evolved.
- Daniel Burnham: American architect and urban designer. His parents were Swedenborgians.
- Robert Carter III (1728–1804): A planter from the Northern Neck of Virginia, "Virginia's first emancipator," was influenced by Swedenborg's views
- Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman): American missionary and pioneer who planted apple trees throughout the midwestern United States
- Robert Frost: American poet who was baptised in the church
- Leonard Gyllenhaal: Entomologist and Swedenborgian, an ancestor of American actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Stephen Gyllenhaal: Descendant of Leonard, who was raised Swedenborgian
- William Harbutt: Inventor of plasticine
- George Inness: American landscape painter
- Helen Keller: Wrote Light in My Darkness, which advocated Swedenborg's ideals
- James Tyler Kent: late-19th-century American homeopathic physician who incorporated Swedenborgian principles into the homoeopathic theory of disease, as described in his Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy
- George Lauder, Sr.: Scottish educator and political leader for the Chartist cause. Father to George Lauder and uncle to Andrew Carnegie, mentor to both.
- Lucius Lyon (1800–1851): American statesman
- William Rainey Marshall (1825–1896): Fifth governor of Minnesota and advocate for African-American suffrage
- Lisa Oz (b. 1963), author and television personality
- Mehmet Oz (b. 1960): Influenced by Swedenborg
- Isaac Pitman (1813–1897): Inventor of shorthand and member of the New Jerusalem church in Bath, England
- Arthur Sewall (1835–1900): Democratic candidate for vice-president in the 1896 US presidential election
- Ernest George Trobridge (1884–1942): architect and developer active in domestic architecture during the first half of the 20th century, particularly in London's northwestern suburbs
- Lois Wilson (1891–1988): founder of Al-Anon, who was raised Swedenborgian