William ellery channing biography of william
William Channing Gannett, born in Boston on March 13, , was named after, and christened by, William Ellery Channing, the “founder of American Unitarianism.” His father, Ezra Stiles Gannett, had gone from the Harvard Divinity School to be Dr. Channing’s associate, and in became his successor at the old Federal Street Church (now the.