EVERETT

everett, charles carroll (1829-1900), american divine and philosopher, was born on the 19th of june 1829, at brunswick, maine. he studied at bowdoin college, where he graduated in 1850, after which he proceeded to berlin. subsequently he took a degree in divinity at the harvard divinity school. from 1859 to 1869 he was pastor of the independent congregational (unitarian) church at bangor, maine. this charge he resigned to take the bussey professorship of theology at harvard university, and, in 1878, became dean of the faculty of theology. interested in a variety of subjects, he devoted himself chiefly to the philosophy of religion, and published _the science of thought_ (boston, 1869; revised 1891). he also wrote _fichte's science of knowledge_ (1884); _poetry, comedy and duty_ (1888); _religions before christianity_ (1883); _ethics for young people_ (1891); _the gospel of paul_ (1892). he died at cambridge on the 16th of october 1900.