Leonard Bacon
Reverend Leonard Bacon was an American Congregational preacher and writer. He held the pulpit of the First Church New Haven and was later professor of church history and polity at Yale College.
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- Born in
- Detroit
- Educated at
- Yale College
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Trending topics shown first"Semi-Centennial: Some of the Life and Part of the Opinions of Leonard Bacon"
"I insist that my positive knowledge, however small, is not to be set aside for the gentleman's ignorance, however great."
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1802
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Birth1881
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