Ronalds, Francis
January 14, 2017
Sir Francis Ronalds (February 21, 1788-August 8, 1873) – inventor, engineer and scientist – is known for building the first working electric telegraph and, while
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Ronalds, Elizabeth
May 15, 2018
Elizabeth (Betsey) Ronalds (April 2, 1788-May 5, 1854) was an English horticultural illustrator, best remembered for the lithographs in her father Hugh Ronalds‘ renowned book
Robinson, Elmo Arnold
December 16, 2016
Elmo Arnold Robinson (January 1, 1887- January 17, 1972) was a Unitarian Universalist minister, a professor of philosophy for thirty years at San Jose State
Roberts, William
October 16, 2007
William Roberts (1768-1838) (born Thiruvenkatam Vellala), a Tamil Unitarian missionary, educator, and writer, was the founder of the Madras Unitarian Christian Church. He engaged the
Ripley, Samuel and Sarah
January 5, 2001
Samuel Ripley (March 11, 1783-November 24, 1847) and Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (July 31, 1793-July 26, 1867) played significant roles in the Unitarian movement, especially
Ripley, George
November 3, 2001
George Ripley (October 3, 1802-July 4, 1880), minister of the Purchase Street Church in Boston, 1826-41, was a central figure in the Transcendentalist movement of
Ripley, Ezra
January 11, 2001
Ezra Ripley (May 1, 1751-September 21, 1841) served as minister of the First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts for almost 63 years. Although not himself an
Rich, Caleb
April 24, 2002
Caleb Rich (August 12, 1750-October 18, 1821), one of the earliest New England Universalist preachers, was the first to proclaim that there would be no
Rice, William
January 11, 2008
William Brooks Rice (May 12, 1905-February 22, 1970), a Unitarian Universalist minister, was the chair of the Universalist and Unitarian Joint Merger Commission. An able
Relly, James
July 17, 2000
James Relly (c.1722-April 25, 1778) was, as a young British minister, one a sizable group of Methodist preachers, including George Whitefield and John Wesley, whose
Reid, Helen Richmond Young
April 28, 2017
Helen Richmond Young Reid (December 11, 1869-June 8, 1941) was a Montreal social worker involved in local, national, and international reform movements. A life long
Reid , Eliza Anne McIntosh
October 13, 2016
Eliza Anne McIntosh Reid (October 30, 1841-January 8, 1926) was a social reformer, women’s activist, and a leader in the movement to gain access to
Reese, Curtis
August 15, 2005
Curtis Williford Reese (September 3, 1887-June 5, 1961) was an educator, administrator, social activist, journalist, and Unitarian minister. He was a founder and president of
Reeb, James Joseph
January 12, 2012
James Joseph Reeb (January 1, 1927-March 11, 1965) was a minister, social worker, and civil rights activist. His brutal murder by segregationists while participating in
Reamon, Ellsworth C.
August 17, 2002
Ellsworth C. Reamon (July 6, 1895-November 9, 1983), an active Universalist and Unitarian Universalist parish minister for 55 years, held a number of important denominational
Ratcliff, John Moses
January 25, 2005
John Moses Ratcliff (June 6, 1892-February 22, 1953), a Universalist minister, was Professor of Education and Religious Education at Tufts College, Dean of Tufts School
Radziwill, Mikolaj “Czarny”
March 9, 2011
(Nicholas Radziwill the Black) Elżbieta Mielecka If your browser cannot read Polish characters, click here. Mikołaj Radziwiłł “Czarny” (February 4, 1515-May 28, 1565) was a
Radziwill, Mikolaj “Czarny”
March 9, 2011
(Nicholas Radziwill the Black) Elzbieta Mielecka If your browser can read Polish characters, click here. Mikolaj Radziwill “Czarny” (February 4, 1515-May 28, 1565) was a
Quincy, Josiah
April 23, 2002
Josiah Quincy (February 4, 1772-July 1, 1864) was a Congressman, judge of the Massachusetts municipal court, state representative, mayor of Boston and president of Harvard
Pullman, George Mortimer
March 12, 2004
George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831-October 19, 1897), best known for the palatial railroad sleeping and dining cars that bore his name, was a lifelong
Prouty, Olive Higgins
July 7, 2024
Olive Higgins Prouty (January 10, 1882-March 24, 1974) was an American novelist, most active in the period between the First and Second World Wars. In
Potter, William James
June 18, 2001
William James Potter (February 1, 1829-December 21, 1893), born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, was a Unitarian minister, a founder, Secretary and President of the Free Religious
Potter, Charles Francis
May 17, 2001
Charles Francis Potter (October 28, 1885-October 4, 1962) was a Unitarian minister, theologian and author who changed, over half a century, from an evangelical Baptist
Plath, Sylvia
July 6, 2024
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932-February 11, 1963) was a poet, literary critic, novelist, diarist, correspondent and sometime social activist. On the evidence of her intensely