Beecher, Henry Ward

1813 - Born on the 13th of June in Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.

1830-1834 - Entered and graduated in Amherst College.

1837-1839 - Became a minister in Lawrenceburg.

         - Received a degree from Lane Theological Seminary outside Cincinnati, Ohio.

1839-1847 - Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1847 - Appointed the first minister of the new Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn, New York.

1861-1863 - He was the editor-in-chief of the Independent, then a Congregational journal.

1875 - Accused of having an affair with a married woman was one of the most famous trials of the Nineteenth century.

1887 - He died on 8th of March because of Stroke and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.

He is the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

• "A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs -- jolted by every pebble in the road."
• "To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."
• "Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality."
• "Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength."
• "It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."