The Right Reverend William Lawrence D.D., LL.D. | |
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| Bishop of Massachusetts | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Bishop_2949636532_a6a80123e0_o.jpg) William Lawrence (between 1910 and 1915) | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Diocese | Massachusetts |
| Elected | May 4, 1893 |
| In office | 1893–1927 |
| Predecessor | Phillips Brooks |
| Successor | Charles Lewis Slattery |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 11, 1876 by Benjamin Henry Paddock |
| Consecration | October 5, 1893 by John Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 30, 1850 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | November 6, 1941 (aged 91) Milton, Massachusetts, United States |
| Buried | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Amos Adams Lawrence & Sarah Elizabeth Appleton |
| Spouse | Julia Cunningham (d. 1900) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Harvard Divinity School |
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William Lawrence (May 30, 1850 – November 6, 1941) was elected as the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts (1893–1927). Lawrence was the son of the notable textile industrialist Amos Adams Lawrence and a member of the influential Boston family, founded by his great-grandfather and American revolutionary, Samuel Lawrence. His grandfather was the famed philanthropist Amos Lawrence.