William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (died 1842)

William Ellery Channing

American Unitarian clergyman (1780–1842)

William Ellery Channing was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton (1786–1853), one of Unitarianism's leading theologians. Channing was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public…