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'''George Zabriskie Gray''' (July 14, 1837-August 4, 1889) was a notable clergyman, educator and theologian of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States]]. He was born in New York City, and served as rector of St. Paul's Church, [[Kinderhook, New York]] and Trinity Church, [[Bergen Point, New Jersey]] before his tenure as dean of Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts (now [[Episcopal Divinity School]]) from 1876-1889.
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| image = Portrait of George Zabriskie Gray.jpg
| caption = Portrait of George Zabriskie Gray by [[Frederick Porter Vinton]], 1891
| birth_date = {{birth date|1837|06|14}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|August 4, 1889|July 14, 1837}}
| death_place = [[Sharon Springs, New York]], U.S.
| relations = [[John Clinton Gray]] (brother)
| alma_mater = [[NYU|University of the City of New-York]]<br>[[Virginia Theological Seminary]]
| occupation = Theologian, educator, author
| spouse = {{marriage|Kate Forrest|June 19, 1862|<!-- Omission per Template:Marriage instructions -->}}
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'''George Zabriskie Gray''' (July 14, 1837 – August 4, 1889) was a notable clergyman, educator and theologian of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States]].


==Early life==
He married Kate Forrest on June 19th, 1862. His brother was jurist [[John Clinton Gray]].
Gray was born in New York City on July 14, 1837. He was a son of Susan Maria ([[née]] Zabriskie) Gray (1814–1904) and John Alexander Clinton Gray (1815–1898), a dry goods merchant in New York City.<ref name="GZGObit1889"/> His older brother was Albert Zabriskie Gray, warden of [[Racine College]], and his younger brother was jurist [[John Clinton Gray]] and his sisters were Katharine Gray (wife of Hackley Bartholomew Bacon) and Frances Susan Gray. He was of French-Huguenot and Polish descent.<ref name="Lawrence1890"/>


In 1858, when he was twenty years old, he graduated from the [[NYU|University of the City of New-York]] (which gave him an honorary D.D. in 1876),<ref name="BGObit1889"/> followed by preparations for the ministry at [[Virginia Theological Seminary|Alexandria Theological Seminary]] in Virginia from 1859 until 1861, but due to the [[U.S. Civil War]], the school was relocated to Philadelphia, where he completed his degree.<ref name="GZGObit1889"/>
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==External link==


==Career==
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*[http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/gzgray/ Bibliographic directory] from [[Project Canterbury]]
On April 22, 1862, Gray was ordained deacon by Bishop [[Horatio Potter]],<ref name="GZGObit1889"/> the sixth bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of New York]],<ref name="White1898">{{cite book |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time |date=1898 |publisher=J. T. White Company |page=515 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d11DAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA516 |access-date=3 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> followed by ordination as priest a year later on January 22, 1863, also by Bishop Potter.<ref name="GZGObit1889"/>

Gray served as rector of St. Paul's Church in [[Kinderhook, New York]] and Trinity Church in [[Bergen Point, New Jersey]]. In 1876, he was appointed dean of [[Episcopal Theological School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] (now [[Episcopal Divinity School]]) from 1876-1889.<ref name="Yale1907">{{cite book |last1=Yale University Class of 1896 |title=Decennial Record of the Class of 1896, Yale College |date=1907 |publisher=De Vinne Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924030632594/page/n734 673] |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924030632594 |access-date=3 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Gray was the author of several books, including ''Recognition in the World to Come'' (1875), ''Husband and Wife; or, the Theory of Marriage'' (1885), and ''The Children's Crusade: An Episode of the Thirteenth Century'' (1870).<ref name="BGObit1889">{{cite news |title=LEADER AMONG THE THEOLOGIANS -- Death of Rev. Dr. George Zabriskie Gray of Cambridge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30230840/leader_among_the_theologians_death/ |access-date=3 April 2019 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=August 5, 1889 |page=2 |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On June 19, 1862, he was married Kate Forrest (1841–1905), with whom he had two sons and a daughter, including:<ref name="GZGObit1889"/>
* Sarah Forrest Gray (1863–1933), who married George Zabriskie (1852–1931)
* George Zabriskie Gray Jr. (1873–1895), a [[Yale University]] student and member of [[Scroll and Key]] who was secretary and treasurer of the [[Yale Corinthian Yacht Club|Yale Yacht Club]] and who died from [[appendicitis]] in London at age 21.<ref name="GZGJrObit1895">{{cite news |title=SUDDEN DEATH OF YALE SENIOR -- George Zabriskie Gray Falls a Victim of Appendicitis While in London |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30230790/the_boston_globe/ |access-date=3 April 2019 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=September 13, 1895 |page=7 |language=en}}</ref>

After suffering from [[Bright's disease]] for several months, Gray died at the Pavilion Hotel in [[Sharon Springs, New York]] where he had been spending the summer on August 4, 1889. His funeral was held at [[Saint Thomas Church (Manhattan)|Saint Thomas Church]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="GZGObit1889">{{cite news |title=DR. GEORGE ZABRISKIE GRAY |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/08/05/100965375.pdf |access-date=3 April 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 5, 1889}}</ref><ref name="Lawrence1890">{{cite book |last1=Lawrence |first1=William |title=George Zabriskie Gray, D.D.: A Memorial Sermon Prepared at St. John's Memorial Chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the Feast of All Saints, November 1, 1889 |date=1890 |publisher=Printed for the Family |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUlKAAAAMAAJ |access-date=3 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
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* {{find a Grave|106623651}}
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* [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/gzgray/ Bibliographic directory] from [[Project Canterbury]]


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*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60815FB3B5413738DDDAC0894D0405B8984F0D3 New York Times obituary]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Pi04AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22george%20zabriskie%20gray%22&pg=PA673#v=onepage&q=%22george%20zabriskie%20gray%22&f=false Decennial record of the class of 1896, Yale College]


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Latest revision as of 03:13, 4 June 2024

George Zabriskie Gray
Portrait of George Zabriskie Gray by Frederick Porter Vinton, 1891
Born(1837-06-14)June 14, 1837
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 4, 1889 (1889-08-05) (aged 52)
Sharon Springs, New York, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of the City of New-York
Virginia Theological Seminary
Occupation(s)Theologian, educator, author
Spouse
Kate Forrest
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(m. 1862)​
RelativesJohn Clinton Gray (brother)

George Zabriskie Gray (July 14, 1837 – August 4, 1889) was a notable clergyman, educator and theologian of the Episcopal Church in the United States.

Early life

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Gray was born in New York City on July 14, 1837. He was a son of Susan Maria (née Zabriskie) Gray (1814–1904) and John Alexander Clinton Gray (1815–1898), a dry goods merchant in New York City.[1] His older brother was Albert Zabriskie Gray, warden of Racine College, and his younger brother was jurist John Clinton Gray and his sisters were Katharine Gray (wife of Hackley Bartholomew Bacon) and Frances Susan Gray. He was of French-Huguenot and Polish descent.[2]

In 1858, when he was twenty years old, he graduated from the University of the City of New-York (which gave him an honorary D.D. in 1876),[3] followed by preparations for the ministry at Alexandria Theological Seminary in Virginia from 1859 until 1861, but due to the U.S. Civil War, the school was relocated to Philadelphia, where he completed his degree.[1]

Career

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On April 22, 1862, Gray was ordained deacon by Bishop Horatio Potter,[1] the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York,[4] followed by ordination as priest a year later on January 22, 1863, also by Bishop Potter.[1]

Gray served as rector of St. Paul's Church in Kinderhook, New York and Trinity Church in Bergen Point, New Jersey. In 1876, he was appointed dean of Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts (now Episcopal Divinity School) from 1876-1889.[5]

Gray was the author of several books, including Recognition in the World to Come (1875), Husband and Wife; or, the Theory of Marriage (1885), and The Children's Crusade: An Episode of the Thirteenth Century (1870).[3]

Personal life

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On June 19, 1862, he was married Kate Forrest (1841–1905), with whom he had two sons and a daughter, including:[1]

After suffering from Bright's disease for several months, Gray died at the Pavilion Hotel in Sharon Springs, New York where he had been spending the summer on August 4, 1889. His funeral was held at Saint Thomas Church in Manhattan.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "DR. GEORGE ZABRISKIE GRAY" (PDF). The New York Times. August 5, 1889. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Lawrence, William (1890). George Zabriskie Gray, D.D.: A Memorial Sermon Prepared at St. John's Memorial Chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the Feast of All Saints, November 1, 1889. Printed for the Family. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "LEADER AMONG THE THEOLOGIANS -- Death of Rev. Dr. George Zabriskie Gray of Cambridge". The Boston Globe. August 5, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. J. T. White Company. 1898. p. 515. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. ^ Yale University Class of 1896 (1907). Decennial Record of the Class of 1896, Yale College. De Vinne Press. p. 673. Retrieved 3 April 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "SUDDEN DEATH OF YALE SENIOR -- George Zabriskie Gray Falls a Victim of Appendicitis While in London". The Boston Globe. September 13, 1895. p. 7. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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