C. A. (Cyrus Augustus) Bartol

Born on April 30, 1813, Cyrus Augustus Bartol became known as a Unitarian pastor, author, and hymnist. He studied at Bowdoin College and later at Harvard Divinity School before beginning a long ministry in Boston.

Bartol served for many years at West Church in Boston, where he built a reputation as a thoughtful preacher and public speaker. Alongside his ministry, he wrote books, sermons, and hymns, showing the mix of religion, literature, and civic conversation that shaped much of his career.

He died on December 16, 1900. Remembered as part of the rich Unitarian tradition of 19th-century New England, Bartol left behind both devotional writing and a strong place in Boston’s religious history.