19 Notable alumni of
Hartford Seminary
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Hartford Seminary is 2634th in the world, 925th in North America, and 875th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Hartford Seminary sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Andrew Young
- Enrolled in Hartford Seminary
- In 1955 graduated with Bachelor of Divinity
- Occupations
- peace activistwriterhuman rights activistfilm producerdiplomat
- Biography
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Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia, United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter Administration, and 55th Mayor of Atlanta. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Georgia since Reconstruction, as well as one of the first two African Americans elected to Congress from the former Confederacy since Reconstruction, alongside Barbara Jordan of Texas. Since leaving office, Young has founded or served in many organizations working on issues of public policy and political lobbying.
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Uchimura Kanzō
- Occupations
- writerreligious writercolumnistessayistphilosopher
- Biography
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Uchimura Kanzō was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai) of Christianity during the Meiji and Taishō periods in Japan. He is often considered to be the most well-known Japanese pre-World War II pacifist.
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Eslanda Goode Robeson
- Enrolled in Hartford Seminary
- In 1946 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- film actoranthropologistbusiness managerwriteractor
- Biography
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Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode Robeson was an American anthropologist, author, actress, and civil rights activist. She was the wife and business manager of performer Paul Robeson.
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Albert Rhys Williams
- Occupations
- priestjournalist
- Biography
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Albert Rhys Williams, commonly known by his middle name, pronounced "Reece," was an American journalist, labor organizer, and publicist. He is most famous for writing memoirs in favor of the 1917 October Revolution in Russia: he had been both a witness and a participant.
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Hermann Sasse
- Enrolled in Hartford Seminary
- Graduated with Master of Sacred Theology
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Hermann Otto Erich Sasse was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and author. He was considered one of the foremost confessional Lutheran theologians of the 20th century.
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Henry Allan Gleason
- Years
- 1917-2007 (aged 90)
- Occupations
- linguistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Henry Allan 'Al' Gleason Jr. was a linguist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.
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William Shellabear
- Years
- 1862-1948 (aged 86)
- Occupations
- Bible translatortranslator
- Biography
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William Girdlestone Shellabear was a "pioneer" scholar and missionary in British Malaya (today, part of Malaysia). He was known for both his appreciation of Muslim society and also his translation of the Bible into the Malay language.
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Asnage Castelly
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
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Asnage Castelly is a Haitian-American wrestler who competed for Haiti at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 74kg freestyle competition.
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Seito Saibara
- Occupations
- farmerpoliticianlawyer
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Seito Saibara was a Japanese parliament member, politician, administrator, colonist, and farmer. Apart from his missionary activities, he is credited with having first established the rice industry on the Gulf Coast of the United States.
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Benjamin Rush Rhees
- Occupations
- Christian minister
- Biography
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Benjamin Rush Rhees was the third president of the University of Rochester, serving from 1900 to 1935.
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Ernest Cushing Richardson
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Ernest Cushing Richardson was an American librarian, theologian and scholar. Throughout his life Richardson strived to make advances in cataloging systems and increased access to necessary research materials in U.S. libraries. He was named one of the "100 Most Important Leaders had in the 20th Century" by American Libraries in 1999.
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Akaiko Akana
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Akaiko Akana, was the first Kahu (pastor) of Hawaiian ancestry at Kawaiahaʻo Church. He served in that capacity from 1918 until his death in 1933.
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Audrey Scanlan
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United States - Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Audrey Cady Scanlan is an American Episcopal bishop. She is the 11th and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania since September 12, 2015.
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Richard Thomas Nolan
- Occupations
- philosophercanon
- Biography
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Richard Thomas Nolan is a canon of Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut and a former college professor of philosophy and religious studies. He is the editor/coauthor of The Diaconate Now (Corpus-World, 1968), and coauthor of Living Issues In Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 1995), Living Issues in Ethics (Wadsworth 1982 and iUniverse 2000), and Soul Mates: More than Partners (online, 2004). Nolan is also the editor of a non-commercial, educational website: philosophy-religion.org. His books have been translated into several languages, including Indonesian and Chinese.
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David Sobrepeña
- Years
- 1932-.. (age 92)
- Biography
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David Sobrepeña is president of the Union College of Laguna. He was born to Bishop Enrique Sobrepeña and Petra Sobrepeña (née Aguinaldo). He is a native of La Union, a northern province in the Philippines. He succeeded his mother as president of the Union College; she occupied the position upon the demise of his father, the College founder.
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Ernest Alfred Yarrow
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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Ernest Alfred Yarrow was a Christian missionary and a witness to the Armenian genocide. He is also known for his leadership of a relief effort carried out by the Near East Foundation that saved and cared for tens of thousands of Armenian refugees.
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Willard Livingstone Beard
- Occupations
- missionary
- Biography
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Willard Livingstone Beard was an American missionary serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Fuzhou, China.
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Fred Hovey Allen
- Occupations
- theologianinventorwriter
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Fred Hovey Allen was an American Congregational clergyman and author, best known as the inventor of the first photogravure plates for art reproduction made in the United States.
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Herbert Keightley Job
- Occupations
- ornithologist
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Herbert Keightley Job was an American lecturer, bird photographer, conservationist, and writer who worked as an economic ornithologist in Connecticut.
