Samuel Gilman
Reverend Samuel Gilman (1791–1858) was an American minister and writer. He was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on February 16, 1791, to a wealthy merchant whose fortune later failed. He studied at Harvard University and graduated in the same class as Edward Everett. In 1819 he became the pastor of the Unitarian church in Charleston, South Carolina, and served there until his death on February 9, 1858, in Kingston, Massachusetts. Gilman actively supported the temperance movement. His writings include Fair Harvard (1836), a hymn; contributions to periodicals; translations of some of Boileau’s satires; and other works. His wife, Caroline Howard Gilman, published several popular books.
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