Henry P. H. Bromwell | |
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 Henry P.H. Bromwell | |
| Born | August 26, 1823 |
| Died | January 9, 1903 (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colorado) |
| Monuments | Bromwell Elementary School |
| Alma mater | McKendree College (Hon.) |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, Judge, Politician |
| Notable work | The Song of the Wahbeek[1] Restorations of Masonic Geometry and Symbolry[2] (both published posthumous) |
| Political party | Republican till 1880s, then Democrat |
| Spouse | Elizebeth Emily Payne Bromwell (1837–1865) |
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| Parent(s) | Henry Broughton Bromwell, Henrietta Holms |
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Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell (August 26, 1823 – January 9, 1903) was an American lawyer, politician from Illinois, and prominent Freemason. He was a lawyer and judge who served as a U.S. representative from Illinois from 1865–1869 and continued to practice law when he moved to Colorado in 1870 where he was appointed to compile the state's statutes. Bromwell was initiated into freemasonry in 1854, and he became the Grand Master of Illinois in 1864. When he moved to Colorado he became that state's first Honorary Grand Master. He developed the Free and Accepted Architects, a new rite for Freemasonry which sought to teach its initiates the lost work of the craft embodied in Bromwell's Geometrical system. After his death, the Grand Lodge of Colorado published his work on the esoteric nature of Sacred geometry in the book Restorations of Masonic Geometry and Symbolry.
- ^ Bromwell, Henry Pelham Holms (1903). Bromwell, Henrietta (ed.). The Song of the Wahbeek: A Poem. The W. F. Robinson ptg. Co. Retrieved Jan 7, 2012.
- ^ Bromwell, Henry P. H. (2010). Townley, Kevin (ed.). Restorations of Masonic Geometry and Symbolry: Being a Dissertation on the Lost Knowledges of the Lodge (Centennial ed.). Lovers of the Craft. ISBN 978-0-9713441-5-0. Archived from the original on 2012-02-03. Retrieved Jan 7, 2012.