Henry Morton Dexter

American historian

Yale University, 1867
Andover Theological Seminary, 1870

Occupation(s)Clergyman, historian, editorParentHenry Martyn DexterSignature

Henry Morton Dexter (1846–1910) was an American clergyman, historian, and editor.

Life

Henry Morton Dexter was born in Manchester, New Hampshire on July 12, 1846, the son of Henry Martyn Dexter.^[1] He graduated from Yale University in 1867, where he was a member of Skull and Bones,^[2] and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1870, spent three years in travel, was ordained to the Congregational ministry, serving as pastor of the Union Church at Taunton, Massachusetts (1873–78). From 1878 to 1891, he was editor of The Congregationalist. During several visits to England and the Netherlands he made investigations particularly of the history of the Pilgrims and early American colonists, and he prominently promoted the erection of a memorial tablet to John Robinson at Leyden, Holland, in 1891. His work appeared in New England Magazine.^[3]

Dexter died in Edgartown, Massachusetts on October 29, 1910.^[4]

Works

The Story of the Pilgrims Congregational Sunday-school and publishing society, 1894
England and Holland of the Pilgrims (1905)

Notes

^ Eliot, Samuel Atkins, ed. (1913). Biographical History of Massachusetts. Vol. IV. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Biographical Society. Retrieved June 5, 2022 – via Google Books.
^ Fraternity, Psi Upsilon (1917). "The twelfth general catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity". Retrieved March 24, 2011.
^ The New England Magazine. New England Magazine Company. 1900. pp. 182–.
^ "Rev Morton Dexter Dead". The Boston Globe. October 31, 1910. p. 9. Retrieved June 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Dexter, Henry Martin" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol. 6 (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

Sources

Yale University. Class of 1867 (1897). Report of the Trigintennial Meeting with a Biographical and Statistical Record. J. G. C. Bonney. pp. 151–.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)