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William Ellery Channing



Channing, William Ellery (1780–1842), U.S. theologian, writer, and philanthropist, leader of the Unitarian movement in New England. Active in antislavery, temperance, and pacifist causes, he believed that moral improvement was humanity's prime concern. He influenced Emerson, Holmes, and Bryant.



See also: Unitarianism.

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