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[Up] [Dromo's Den] Calvin Ellis Stowe Biography STOWE,
Calvin Ellis (1802-86). An American clergyman, born at Natick, Mass. He was
educated at Bowdoin College and at Andover Theological Seminary. In 1830-32 he
was professor of Greek at Dartmouth, and in the latter year became professor of
sacred literature at Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, where in 1836 he
married Harriet, the daughter of Lyman Beecher, then president of the seminary;
his wife became famous as Harriet Beecher Stowe (q.v.). In 1850-52 he was
professor of divinity at Bowdoin and from 1852 until his retirement in 1864
professor of sacred literature in Andover Seminary. Among his works are: Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews (1829), from the Latin
of Lowth; Introduction to the Criticism
and Interpretation of the Bible (1835) Elementary
Education in Europe (1837) The
Religious Element in Education (1844) Origin and
History of the Books of the Bible
(1867). |