William Stevens Perry

William Stevens Perry (183298) was an American Protestant Episcopal bishop and educator. He was born at Providence R. I., studied at Brown University, but took his degree from Harvard in 1854. He studied theology at Virginia Seminary and was ordained priest (1858) at St. Paul's, Boston, where he spent the first year of his ministry. His succeeding charges were in Nashua, New Hampshire, Portland, Maine, Litchfield, Connecticut, and Geneva, New York. He taught history at Hobart College for several years and served the institution as president from April to September, 1876, when he was consecrated Bishop of Iowa. He did much for the cause of education in his diocese — reopened Griswold College, founded St. Katharine's Hall for girls, Kemper Hall for boys, and Lee Hall for training candidates for orders. He also founded St. Luke's Hospital at Des Moines. Among his writings are:
* "Documentary History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America" (1863-64), with Dr. F. L. Hawks
* "Historical Collections of the American Colonial Church" (five volumes, 1871-78)
* "Historical Notes and Documents Illustrating the Organization of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America" (1874)
* "Historical Sketch of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 1784-1884" (1884)

Literature

* William Stevens Perry, "Episcopate in America" (1895), sketch and bibliography

Documents by W.S. Perry

* [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/wsperry/ Sermons and narratives by Perry from Project Canterbury]

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