GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
553
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-608)
Name
William Buell Sprague
Title
Reverend
Gender
Male
Lived
b. 1795-10-16 d. 1876-05-07 (new)
Associated Places
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Anne James
Biographical Sources Consulted
Dictionary of American Biography, 1936 (available through U.S. History in Context).
Other note
Buell graduated from Yale in 1815 and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1819. He was pastor of the Congregational Church in West Springfield, MA 1820-29 and of Second Presbyterian hurch in Albany NY from 1829. He was the author of "Annals of the American Pulpit."
GEMMS record created
June 13, 2016
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024