William Ellery Channing: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

William Henry Channing (ed.), Memoir of William Ellery Channing, 3 vol. (1848), contains extracts from his correspondence and manuscripts organized by his nephew. William Henry Channing, The Life of William Ellery Channing, D.D. (1880, reprinted 1975), is a condensed version. Robert Leet Patterson, The Philosophy of William Ellery Channing (1952, reissued 1973), analyzes Channing’s thought. Jack Mendelsohn, Channing, the Reluctant Radical (1971, reprinted 1980), is a biography.

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Anniversary information added. Sep 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 03, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Feb 21, 2024
Added cross-references throughout. Apr 29, 2022
Add new Web site: Harvard Square Library - William Ellery Channing. Mar 07, 2022
Add new Web site: All Poetry - Biography of William Ellery Channing. Jan 10, 2019
Added new Web site: Unitarian Universalist Historical Society - Biography of William Ellery Channing. Aug 24, 2007
Added new Web site: American Studies at The University of Virginia - Biography of William Ellery Channing. Aug 24, 2007
Added new Web site: Famousamericans.net - Biography of William Ellery Channing. Aug 24, 2007
Article revised. Feb 08, 1999
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