Edward Tyrrel Channing

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Edward Tyrrel Channing was a prominent early 19th-century American scholar and Harvard professor of rhetoric and oratory who significantly influenced New England literary culture.

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instanceOf American scholar
Harvard University faculty member
person
activeIn early 19th century
almaMater Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College
birthDate 1790-12-12
citizenship United States of America
deathDate 1856-02-08
educatedAt Harvard University
employer Harvard University
endTime 1850
era American Romanticism
familyName Channing
fieldOfWork literary criticism
oratory
rhetoric
fullName Edward Tyrrel Channing self-link
genre essay
literary criticism
givenName Edward
graduationYear 1807
influenced New England literary culture
knownFor influencing 19th-century American writers
teaching rhetoric and oratory at Harvard
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalCareer admitted to the bar before becoming a professor
memberOf Boston intellectual circle
nationality United States of America
notableStudent Charles Sumner
Edward Everett
Henry David Thoreau
James Russell Lowell
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
occupation lawyer
professor
rhetorician
placeOfBirth Newport, Rhode Island
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts
positionHeld Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University
religion Unitarianism
residence Boston, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
sibling William Ellery Channing
startTime 1819
taughtAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College
taughtSubject composition
public speaking

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North American Review founder Edward Tyrrel Channing
Edward Tyrrel Channing fullName Edward Tyrrel Channing self-link