The Right Reverend William Lawrence D.D., LL.D. | |
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Bishop of Massachusetts | |
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 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | May 30, 1850
Died | November 6, 1941 Milton, Massachusetts, United States | (aged 91)
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.