Name Samuel Prime Role Writer | Education Williams College | |
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Born 4 November 1812 ( 1812-11-04 ) Ballston, New York Relatives William Cowper Prime (Brother)
Benjamin Prime (Grandfather) Died July 18, 1885, Manchester, Vermont, United States Parents Nathaniel Scudder Prime, Julia Ann Jermain Books The Power of Prayer: Illustrated, Letters from Switzerland, Memoirs of the Rev Nicholas, Memoirs of the REV Nicholas, Under the Trees by Samuel Ir | ||
Samuel Irenæus Prime (1812–1885) was an American clergyman, traveler, and writer.
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Life
He was born at Ballston, N. Y., and graduated from Williams College in 1829. Three years later he entered Princeton Theological Seminary, was licensed to preach in 1833, and in 1835 was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ballston Spa, N. Y. For a time he was principal of the academy at Newburgh, N. Y. In 1840 he entered upon the chief work of his life as editor of the New York Observer, a paper of which he afterward came to be the principal owner. His brother and then his son-in-law, Rev. Charles A. Stoddard, carried on the editorship after his death. He was the founder of the New York Association for the Advancement of Science and Art, president and trustee of Wells College, and a trustee of Williams College.
Works
With many books of religious character, Prime published: