Henry Hobson

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Henry Wise Hobson
Born Henry Wise Hobson II
May 16, 1891
Denver, Colorado
Died February 10, 1983 (aged 91)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Education Yale University (1914)
Episcopal Divinity School (1920)
Employer Episcopal Church
Spouse(s) Edmonia Taylor Bryan (1889-1982) (m. 1955)
Children Katharine Bryan Hobson (b. 1919)
Henry Wise Hobson III (b. 1921)
Anne Jennings Hobson (1924-1959)
Margery Thayer Hobson (b. 1926)
Parent(s) Henry Wise Hobson I (1858-1898)
Katherine Sophia Thayer (1859-1915)
Relatives Thayer Hobson, brother

Henry Wise Hobson II (May 16, 1891 - February 10, 1983), was the bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio. When he was consecrated at the age of 38 in 1929, he was the youngest Episcopal bishop in the United States, and at his death, he was the oldest bishop in the Episcopal Church.[1] He was also involved with the founding of Forward Movement Publications at the Episcopal Church.[1]

Biography

He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts in 1910 and Yale University in 1914. He was an officer in the infantry during World War I and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism in France, after being wounded twice. After the war he entered the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1920. He was then the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester, MA. In 1930 Hobson moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to become Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio.[1] His son Henry Wise Hobson III married Elizabeth Mary Balch in 1941.[2] His daughter Margery Thayer Hobson married Gerard Thomas on February 13, 1955.[3] Henry Wise Hobson died on February 10, 1983.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Henry W. Hobson, 91; Ohio Episcopal Bishop". New York Times. February 11, 1983. Retrieved 2008-06-24. The Rev. Henry Wise Hobson, the oldest bishop in the Episcopal Church, died Wednesday at a retirement home in Cincinnati. He was 91 years old and had been bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio for the 29 years before his retirement in 1959.
  2. ↑ "Elizabeth Balgh Prospective Bride. Henry W. Hobson Jr., Son of Cincinnati Bishop.". New York Times. February 3, 1943. DeWitt Woodford Balch of this city have announced the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Henry Wise Hobson Jr., son of the Right Rev. Henry Wise.
  3. ↑ "Margery Hobson Cincinnati Bride. She Wed by Her Father, Bishop of Southern Ohio, to Gerard Thomas.". New York Times. February 13, 1955. Retrieved 2008-06-25. Given in marriage by her brother, Henry Wise Hobson Jr., the bride wore a ...