Clarence J. Harris (March 16, 1873-November 27, 1941) was a minister who served both Universalist and Unitarian congregations. During the early years of the motion picture industry, he wrote hundreds of screenplays. He also organized military-style youth groups, animal welfare organizations, a screenwriter’s school, and summer camps for boys.
(Nicholas Radziwill the Black)
Elzbieta Mielecka
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Mikolaj Radziwill “Czarny” (February 4, 1515-May 28, 1565) was a close friend and aide to King Zygmunt II August (1520-1572) and a major political leader in the late 16th century Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.…
(Nicholas Radziwill the Black)
Elżbieta Mielecka
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Mikołaj Radziwiłł “Czarny” (February 4, 1515-May 28, 1565) was a close friend and aide to King Zygmunt II August (1520-1572) and a major political leader in the late 16th century Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.…
Ephraim Nute, Jr. (September 18, 1819-January 21, 1897), an outspoken and aggressive abolitionist, was the American Unitarian Association (AUA) missionary to the Kansas territory during the “Bleeding Kansas” years prior to the Civil War. A conductor on the Underground Railroad, he was a key figure in the free state cause.
Francis Ellingwood Abbot (November 6, 1836-October 23, 1903), a founder of the Free Religious Association and first editor of the radical journal, the Index, developed an evolutionary philosophy of science. He yearned to free humankind from pre-scientific religions, believing that people could escape the trap of agnosticism by adopting his vision of free religion.
Zoltan Nagy (January 28, 1914-June 4, 1969) was the only continental European Unitarian minister who, after emigrating at the end of the Second World War, continued an active ministry in America. He served congregations in Transylvania and the United States, was Unitarian chaplain to the Hungarian army, and ministered to Hungarian refugees in Germany.…
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Many members of Niemirycz family, living in the Palatinate of Kijów (Kiev), were prominent Arians (Unitarians), connected with the Polish Brethren for four generations and active in Polish politics.
At the end of the 16th century, Andrzej Niemirycz (d.1610), a deputy judge of the Palatinate of Kijów (Kiev, then in the eastern part of Poland, now in Ukraine), who was Eastern Orthodox, married Maria Chreptowicz-Bohumyrska, an Arian from Lithuania.…
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Many members of Niemirycz family, living in the Palatinate of Kijów (Kiev), were prominent Arians (Unitarians), connected with the Polish Brethren for four generations and active in Polish politics.
At the end of the 16th century, Andrzej Niemirycz (d.1610), a deputy judge of the Palatinate of Kijów (Kiev, then in the eastern part of Poland, now in Ukraine), who was Eastern Orthodox, married Maria Chreptowicz-Bohumyrska, an Arian from Lithuania.…
Leonard Mason (February 7, 1912-December 26, 1995), a British Unitarian humanist minister, who served churches in England and in Montreal, Quebec, was one of the outstanding preachers and public speakers of his generation.
Born in Meadow Cottage, Ainsworth, Lancashire in 1912, Leonard was the youngest of three brothers.…
William Brooks Rice (May 12, 1905-February 22, 1970), a Unitarian Universalist minister, was the chair of the Universalist and Unitarian Joint Merger Commission. An able negotiator, he was later recognized as “the chief architect” of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, William was the son of Jennie Brooks and architect Walter E.…
Richard Lloyd Jones (April 14, 1873-December 4, 1963), an outspoken and influential journalist, was the longtime owner and editor of the Tulsa Tribune. He was instrumental in creating the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site. He was also a founder of All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.…
William Roberts (1768-1838) (born Thiruvenkatam Vellala), a Tamil Unitarian missionary, educator, and writer, was the founder of the Madras Unitarian Christian Church. He engaged the support of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association (BFUA). His mission was for many years the focus of international Unitarian interest in India.…