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George Washington Burnap (November 30, 1802 in Merrimack, New Hampshire – September 8, 1859 in Philadelphia) was a Unitarian clergyman of the United States.
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Biography
His father was a Congregational minister in Merrimack. His mother died when he was seven, and a sister took care of him. He graduated from Harvard College in 1824, and then studied for three years at Harvard Divinity School. His studies of the Bible in college convinced him to become a Unitarian. In 1828 he was ordained pastor of the First Independent Church in Baltimore, where Jared Sparks had preceded him, and which position he retained till his death. He married Nancy Williams in 1831. Without neglecting his pastoral duties, Burnap devoted much of his career to studies, mostly oriented toward explaining Unitarianism to the public and justifying its doctrines in the face of its critics. In 1849 he received the degree of D.D. from Harvard College.
Works
He was a voluminous writer, chiefly on theoloogical and controversial subjects. His principal works are:
Essentials of happiness quotation
Published in Burnap's The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures (1848), Lecture IV: "The grand essentials of happiness in this life are: Something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."