Presbyterian clergyman who started the American Temperance Society in Boston in 1826 and fathered several important figures in American history.
He gained prominence with a sermon on the subject of the well-known duel between
A sermon of his on the evils of intemperance was circulated all over the U.S. and translated into many languages in Europe.
His children included the author
His daughter Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the American classic, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
