- Collection:
- Savannah Biographies
- Title:
- The Right Reverend William Bacon Stevens
- Creator:
- Vanderbrink, Jacob W.
- Date of Original:
- 1991-05-24
- Subject:
- Biography--Georgia--Savannah
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- biographies (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Above all other qualities, Bishop Stevens possessed the ability to influence others and develop their confidence. During his youth, 1815 in Bath, Maine, he managed to overcome normally debilitating health problems, while later in life he nearly circumnavigated the globe. To his honor and credit he was befriended, in 1838, by the likes of Bishop Stephen Elliott, Georgia's Episcopal leader during the Civil War years, and the Philanthropist Asa Packer, in 1862, Judge and gracious benefactor of Lehigh University. Bishop Stevens put his hand to other achievements as well, including the first comprehensive text, A History of Georgis, published in two volumes, 1847 and 1859, respectively.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/133
- Holding Institution:
- Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)
- Rights:
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