The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Chamberlain, Nathan Henry

CHAMBERLAIN, Nathan Henry, American clergyman: b. Bourne, Mass., 25 Dec. 1830; d. there, 1 April 1901. He graduated at Harvard, 1853, and studied theology at the divinity school there, and at Heidelberg, Germany, eventually becoming a Unitarian minister. He was pastor at Canton, Mass., 1857-59, and at Baltimore, Md., 1860-63. He then took orders in the Episcopal Church, and became rector at Birmingham, Conn., 1864-'7; Morrisania, N. Y., 1868-71; Milwaukee, Wis., 1871-'73; Somerville, Mass., 1874-79; East Boston, Mass., 1882-89. He then retired to devote himself to literary pursuits. His books are &lsquo;Autobiography of a New England Parish&rsquo; (1864); &lsquo;The Sphinx in Aubrey Parish&rsquo; (1889); &lsquo;What is the Matter with our Tariff and its Taxes&rsquo; (1890); &lsquo;Samuel Sewall and the World He Lived In&rsquo; (1897), an admirable study of colonial life in New England; &lsquo;Life of Sir Charles Napier&rsquo;; &lsquo;An Itinerary of Cape Cod.&rsquo;