Introduction

Biography

Frederic was the son of Eli­sha Hunt­ing­ton and Han­nah Hinck­ley Free­man, hus­band of The­re­sa Rey­nolds, and ne­phew of Epis­co­pal Bi­shop Fred­er­ic Hunt­ing­ton.

In 1859, Hunt­ing­ton gra­du­at­ed from Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty, where he was the class po­et. He taught chem­is­try at Har­vard, 1859–60.

Huntington be­came an Epis­co­pal priest, and served as rec­tor of All Saints Epis­co­pal Church, Wor­ces­ter, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1862–1883), and of Grace Church, New York Ci­ty (1883–1909).

He was al­so a well known au­thor. Har­vard, Yale, Co­lum­bia, and Prince­ton Uni­ver­si­ties all con­ferred hon­or­ary de­grees on him.

His works in­clude:

• Conditional Im­mor­tal­i­ty, 1878
• The Book An­nexed: Its Cri­tics and Its Pros­pects, 1886
• Short His­to­ry of the Book of Com­mon Pray­er, 1893
• A Na­tion­al Church, 1898
• The Church Porch (New York: E. P. Dut­ton, 1874). Re­vised edi­tion, 1899
• Sonnets and a Dream (Ja­mai­ca, Queens­bo­rough, New York: Ma­ri­on Press, 1899)
• A Good Shep­herd and Oth­er Ser­mons, 1906