William Ellery Channing

Portrait of Unitarian minister Rev. William Ellery Channing in 1857. He's seated at a desk.

William Ellery Channing (1780–1842), often referred to as the father of American Unitarianism, was one of the early nineteenth century’s leading Unitarian preachers and theologians.

Learn more about William Ellery Channing on UUA.org.

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