HOSEA BALLOU
\hˈə͡ʊsi͡ə bˈaluː], \hˈəʊsiə bˈaluː], \h_ˈəʊ_s_iə b_ˈa_l_uː]\
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An American Universalist divine, journalist, and historian; born at Halifax, Vt., Oct. 18, 1796; died at Somerville, Mass., May 27, 1861. He was the first president of Tufts College (1854-61), and was very successful as editor of the Universalist Magazine. He wrote: "Ancient History of Universalism" (1829) and a hymn-book (1837).
By Charles Dudley Warner
