Leonidas Lent Hamline

Leonidas Lent Hamline (1797 – 1865) was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop, born in Burlington, Connecticut, USA.

Hamline studied for the ministry, but afterward studied law, and practiced for a while in Ohio. He became a preacher in the Methodist church in 1830. In 1844, when the Methodist church divided over slavery, he was a member of the General Conference, and drew up the plan of separation.

He provided US$25,000 of his own money to launch a school. Today, Hamline University is named in his honor. A statue of the bishop, sculpted by the late Professor of Art Michael Price, stands on campus.

A number of his sermons are given in the "Works of L. L. Hamline, D. D.", edited by Rev. F. G. Hibbard, D. D., (two volumes, 1869).

Publications

* W. C. Palmer, "Life and Letters of Leonidas L. Hamline, D. D.", (New York, 1866)

References

* Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.

ee also

*List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church