Harry Croswell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harry Croswell

American priest

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1778

Place of Birth: West Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1858

Profession: priest

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Harry Croswell (June 16, 1778 – March 13, 1858) was a crusading political journalist, a publisher, author, and an Episcopal Church clergyman.
Though largely self-educated, he received an honorary degree of A.
M.
from Yale College in 1817, an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut in 1831 – an institution he co-founded – established the first public lectures in New Haven, and founded an evening school for the education of adult African-Americans in the city.
He was a key figure in first amendment battles over freedom of the press and religious freedom.
After abandoning politics for religion, he became the much respected Rector of Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut, for forty-three years, growing his church and establishing seven new churches within the original limits of his parish.
Though he published fourteen books, and wrote newspaper articles as an editor and journalist weekly for eleven years, he is best known as an author for being the first person to define the word cocktail in print.