Sears, Edmund H. (Edmund Hamilton), 1810-1876

American clergyman, author, and hymn writer.

From the description of Christmas song : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634916

Unitarian minister. A.B. Union College, 1834. Graduated from Harvard Divinity School, 1837. Minister in Wayland, Mass. (1839-1840, 1848-1863);Lancaster, Mass. (1840-1847); Weston, Mass. (1865-1876). Co-editor with Rufus Ellis of the Monthly Religious Magazine (1859-1871).

From the description of Papers, 1837-1875 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 269368035

Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876) graduated from Union College in New York in 1834, and Harvard Divinity School in 1837. Ordained in 1839, he served parishes in Wayland, Lancaster, and Weston, Massachusetts. His publications include Fire-side Colloquies (1847), Regeneration (1853), Revolution or Reform (1856), Athanasia, or Foregleams of Immortality (1858), and The Fourth Gospel the Heart of Christ (1872). In 1849, he composed the well-known Christmas carol, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear."

From the guide to the Sears, Edmund H. (Edmund Hamilton), 1810-1876. Papers, 1837-1875., (Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School)