Eugene Augustus Hoffman

Eugene Augustus Hoffman (March 21, 1829 – June 17, 1902) was a United States clergyman.

Eugene Augustus Hoffman
Born	March 21, 1829 New York, New York
Died	June 17, 1902 (aged 73) New York, New York
Education	Columbia Grammar School Rutgers College Harvard College General Theological Seminary
Occupation	Clergyman
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Biography

Eugene Augustus Hoffman was born in New York City on March 21, 1829, the son of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman.[1] He was educated at Columbia Grammar School, then Rutgers and Harvard colleges and the General Theological Seminary.[1] He held successive rectorships at Elizabeth, New Jersey, Burlington, New Jersey, Brooklyn, New York, and Philadelphia, and in 1879 was appointed dean of the General Theological Seminary in New York. He was a man of great wealth and, with others of his family, heavily endowed this seminary. He built Christ Church and rectory at Elizabeth, and also churches at Woodbridge and Millburn, New Jersey.[2]

Eugene Augustus Hoffman died in Manhattan on June 17, 1902.[2]

Works

His writings include Free Churches (1858) and The Eucharistic Week (1859 and 1893).

Notes

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. VI. James T. White & Company. 1896. pp. 356–357. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
2. "Dean Hoffman Dead". Brooklyn Citizen. June 17, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

References

• Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Hoffman, Eugene Augustus" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.
• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Hoffman, Eugene Augustus" . Encyclopedia Americana.

Further reading

• Riley, T. M., Memorial Biography of E. A. Hoffman (New York, 1904)
• Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury