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Shedd, William Greenough Thayer 1820-1894
Clergyman; born in Acton, Mass., June 21, 1820; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1839 and at the Auburn Theological Seminary in 1843; ordained in the Congregational Church in 1844; Professor of English Literature in the University of Vermont in 1845-52; of Sacred Rhetoric in Auburn Theological Seminary in 1852-53; of Church History in Andover Seminary in 1854-62; associate pastor of the Brick Church, New York City, in 1862-63; Professor of Bible Literature in the Union Theological Seminary in 1863-74, and of Systematic Theology in 1874-90.
He wrote Lectures on the Philosophy of history; Discourses and essays, etc. He died in New York City, Nov. 17, 1894.