- Samuel I. Prime
Samuel Irenæus Prime (1812-85) was an American clergyman, traveler, and writer. He was born at Ballston, N. Y., and graduated from
Williams College in1829 . Three years later he enteredPrinceton Theological Seminary , was licensed to preach in1833 , and in1835 was installedpastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ballston Spa, N. Y. For a time he was principal of the academy at Newburgh, N. Y. In1840 he entered upon the chief work of his life as editor of the New York "Observer", a paper of which he afterward came to be the principal owner. His brother and then his son, Wendell Prime, carried on the editorship after his death. He was the founder of theNew York Association for the Advancement of Science and Art , president andtrustee ofWells College , and a trustee of Williams College. Besides a large number of books of religious character he published:
* "Life in New York" (1848)
* "Travels in Europe and the East" (1855)
* "Letters fromSwitzerland " (1860)
* "American Wit and Humor" (1859)
* "The Alhambra and the Kremlin" (1873)
* "Life ofSamuel F. B. Morse " (1875)
* "Irenæus Letters" (1880, 1885)Consult the autobiography in "Irenæus Letters" (second series, New York, 1885).
References
* E. D. G. Prime, "Notes ... of the Prime Family" (New York, 1888)
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