H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull

Born in Stonington, Connecticut, on June 8, 1830, Henry Clay Trumbull was educated mainly through private study rather than formal schooling. After working in business, he moved into religious service and became connected with the American Sunday School Union.

During the Civil War, he served as chaplain of the 10th Connecticut Volunteers. Later he became widely known as the longtime editor of the Sunday School Times, a role that gave him a large influence on Protestant education and devotional writing in the late 19th century.

Trumbull wrote extensively on Christian life, Bible teaching, and life in the Holy Land, and he was remembered as both a pastorally minded teacher and a busy man of letters. He died in West Philadelphia on December 8, 1903.