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Thomas Lamb Eliot (October 13, 1841 () – April 28, 1936 ()) was an Oregon pioneer, minister of one of the first churches on the west coast of the U.S., president of the Portland Children's Home, president of the Oregon Humane Society, a director of the Art Association, director of the Library Association, and founder of Reed College.
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Thomas Lamb Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 1, 1841, and died in Portland, Oregon, on April 28, 1936, at the age of ninety-four and after sixty-eight years “of selfless service for the public weal.”. He was descended from old Massachusetts family stocks which for nearly three hundred years have transmitted through.
Thomas Lamb Eliot (1841-1936) Thomas Lamb Eliot was one of the most influential clergymen in the history of Oregon. He is an excellent example of the Social Gospel movement in the Pacific Northwest; as a result, he wielded significant influence on Portland civic and social life.
1 giu 2014 · Conscience of a city. Eliot, c. 1869. PHOTOS COURTESY OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, HAUSER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, REED COLLEGE AND OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Community. The Minister Who Shaped a College—And a City. Thomas Lamb Eliot may have been the most influential resident Portland ever had. By Romel Hernandez | June 1, 2014.
Distant Vision | Reed Magazine. How Thomas Lamb Eliot shaped a college—and a city. By Romel Hernandez. Cover of Reed magazine, June 2014. In the small hours of Christmas Eve, 1867, a young preacher, his wife, and their sick baby son stepped onto the Willamette River wharf of a dank, dark Portland.
2 giu 2014 · An outspoken champion of the poor and the disadvantaged. Formidable in debate. And he liked dogs. The Reverend Thomas Lamb Eliot is, of course, the intellectual godfather of Reed College, the man who inspired Simeon and Amanda Reed to bequeath their fortune to a greater good.
Thomas Lamb Eliot ( October 13, 1841. – April 28, 1936. ) was an Oregon pioneer, minister of one of the first churches on the west coast of the U.S., president of the Portland Children's Home, president of the Oregon Humane Society, a director of the Art Association, director of the Library Association, and founder of Reed College.
