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Hosea Quinby
1804–1878
A nineteenth-century Baptist minister and educator, he wrote from long experience in the pulpit, the classroom, and prison chaplaincy. His work offers a direct window into reform-minded religious life in New England.
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The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences
by Hosea Quinby
About the author
Born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, in 1804, Hosea Quinby—often listed as Hosea Quimby—became a Free Will Baptist minister, teacher, and author. He studied at New Hampton Institute and Wolfeboro Academy and graduated from Waterville College, now Colby College, in 1832.
Quinby went on to lead two important schools, serving as president of Parsonsfield Seminary in Maine and later Smithville Seminary in Rhode Island. Alongside his teaching and preaching, he wrote several religious and practical works, including The Prison Chaplaincy, and Its Experiences, drawing on his years as chaplain of the New Hampshire State Prison.
His writing is remembered for its plainspoken, firsthand quality. Whether addressing faith, education, or prison reform, he wrote as someone deeply involved in the moral questions of his time.