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Henry Ferguson
1848–1917
A historian, clergyman, and teacher, he wrote clear, thoughtful works on American history while also shaping student life at Trinity College and St. Paul’s School. His books reflect a scholar interested in how early American conflicts, beliefs, and loyalties helped form the country.
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Essays in American history
by Henry Ferguson
About the author
Born in 1848, Henry Ferguson was an American Episcopal clergyman, educator, and writer. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford in 1868 and later returned there as professor of history and political science, a post he held for many years.
Alongside his academic work, Ferguson wrote books including Four Periods in the Life of the Church and Essays in American History. The latter gathers studies of early American subjects such as Sir Edmund Andros, Quakers in New England, witchcraft, and Loyalist opinion during the Revolution, showing his lasting interest in the ideas and tensions that shaped colonial and early national life.
In 1906, he became the third rector of St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, serving until 1911. He died in 1917, remembered as both a scholar and a school leader whose career joined religious life, teaching, and historical writing.