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William Lawrence (May 30, 1850 – November 6, 1941) was elected as the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts (1893–1927). Lawrence was the son of the notable textile industrialist Amos Adams Lawrence and a member of the influential Boston family, founded by his great-grandfather and American revolutionary, Samuel Lawrence.
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Lawrence was born on May 21, 1889, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of the Bishop of Massachusetts William Lawrence and Julia Cunningham. He was the grandson of the notable abolitionist Amos Adams Lawrence and a member of an influential "Boston Brahmin" family, founded by his great-great-grandfather and American revolutionary Samuel Lawrence.
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William Lawrence Adrian (April 16, 1883 – February 13, 1972) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Nashville in Tennessee from 1936 to 1969. Biography
A "tireless fundraiser," Lawrence would later lead Harvard University's first capital campaign in 1904 and raise the money for the Harvard Business School campus in 1926. [22] [23] Thayer's relationship with Lawrence gave St. Mark's access to the bishop's vast network of donors. Thayer ran the school for the next thirty-six years. [24]
Services begin the next year, and in 1907 the chapel is moved and attached to the church (now serving as a parish hall). After paying off the mortgage, Messiah is consecrated in 1909 by Bishop William Lawrence. The Rev. Harry Beal (later Missionary Bishop of the Panama Canal Zone) serves as rector during World War I.
He was ordained to the diaconate on December 23, 1894, by Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts, and to the priesthood on June 9, 1895, by Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York. He was initially assistant at Grace Church in New York City from 1894 to 1895.