HENRY WARD BEECHER BIOGRAPHY
HENRY WARD BEECHER BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-1887). —Orator and divine, s. of Lyman B. and bro. of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the most popular of American preachers and platform orators, a prominent advocate of temperance and of the abolition of slavery. His writings, which had a wide popularity, include Summer in the Soul and Life Thoughts .