Role Author Name Henry Dwight | ||
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Born June 3, 1843 ( 1843-06-03 ) Constantinople, Turkey Books Constantinople and Its Problems, The Centennial History of, A Muslim Sir Galahad Similar People Samuel M Jordan, Alma Johansson, Eli Smith | ||
Parents Harrison Gray Otis Dwight | ||
Henry Otis Dwight, LL.D. (June 3, 1843 – June 19, 1917), was an American missionary and author.
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Biography
Henry Dwight was born in Constantinople, Turkey, the only son of Harrison Gray Otis Dwight. He entered Ohio Wesleyan University but left college in 1861 to enlist in the 20th Ohio Regiment and serve in the American Civil War.
Military
In the spring of 1863, Dwight was part of Grant's invasion of Mississippi at Bruinsburg on the Mississippi River. The invasion preceded the Battle of Port Gibson, and Union troops had taken control of Windsor mansion, where Dwight sketched the only known drawing of the antebellum home.
During the war, Dwight participated in more than thirty engagements, to include the siege of Vicksburg (1863), the Atlanta Campaign (1864), and the Savannah Campaign (1864). Shortly before the war ended, Dwight was commissioned a captain and left the military in 1865.
Missionary
In 1867, Dwight returned to Constantinople as a missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, where he edited publications of the Turkish language. For 15 years, in the late 1800s, he was the correspondent in Constantinople for the New York Tribune. During the Armenian Massacres of 1894–1896, Dwight had responsibility for guarding missionary interests in Turkey.
He was ordained a minister in 1880, and returned to the United States in 1901, after resigning his commission as a missionary. In 1897, Dwight was conferred the honorary degree of LL.D. by Amherst College. He edited the Report of the Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions (1900) and the Encyclopedia of Missions (1904). He was the author of several books:
Personal life
Henry Dwight was married three times:
Dwight was the father of one son and five daughters.
Death
Henry Dwight died June 19, 1917, at his home in Roselle, New Jersey.