The Reverend Samuel Gilman (1791–1858) was an American

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 clergyman and author.

He was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts

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 and graduated from Harvard University

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 in 1811, and in 1819 was ordained pastor

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 of the Unitarian

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 church at Charleston, South Carolina

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 which he continued to serve till his death.

He was an active advocate of the temperance cause

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. His writings consisted of Fair Harvard

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"Fair Harvard" is the commencement hymn of Harvard University. Composed by the Reverend Samuel Gilman of the class of 1811 for the university's 200th anniversary in 1836, it bids the school an affectionate farewell. Of its four verses, the first and fourth are traditionally sung and the second...

(1836), a hymn; contributions to periodicals; translations of certain of Boileau

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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's satire

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s; and other works, including:

• Memoirs of a New England Village Choir (1829)
• Pleasures and Pains of a Student's Life (1852)
• Contributions to Literature, Descriptive, Critical, Humorous, Biographical, Philosophical, and Poetical (1856)

Caroline Howard Gilman

Caroline Howard Gilman

Caroline Howard Gilman was an American author.She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Samuel Howard, and married Rev. Samuel Gilman, a Unitarian who occupied a pastorate at Charleston, South Carolina from 1819 to 1858....

, his wife, published several popular books.