page_title: Samuel Gilman
hierarchical_section_title: Samuel Gilman
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Rev. Samuel Gilman (1791-1858) by the American artist Alvan Fisher (1792-1863), oil on canvas. 32 7/8 in. x 25 13/16 in. Harvard University Portrait Collection, gift of Mrs. Charles J. Bowen, daughter of Rev. Samuel Gilman.
context_page_description: The Reverend Samuel Gilman was an American clergyman and author.
  He was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard University in 1811, and in 1819 was ordained pastor of the Unitarian church at Charleston, South Carolina which he continued to serve till his death.
  He was an active advocate of the temperance cause. His writings consisted of Fair Harvard, a hymn; contributions to periodicals; translations of certain of Boileau's satires; and other works, including:
  Memoirs of a New England Village Choir
  Pleasures and Pains of a Student's Life
  Contributions to Literature, Descriptive, Critical, Humorous, Biographical, Philosophical, and Poetical
  Caroline Howard Gilman, his wife, published several popular books.
context_section_description: The Reverend Samuel Gilman (1791–1858) was an American clergyman and author.
  He was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard University in 1811, and in 1819 was ordained pastor of the Unitarian church at Charleston, South Carolina which he continued to serve till his death.
  He was an active advocate of the temperance cause. His writings consisted of Fair Harvard (1836), a hymn; contributions to periodicals; translations of certain of Boileau's satires; and other works, including:  
  Memoirs of a New England Village Choir (1829)
  Pleasures and Pains of a Student's Life (1852)
  Contributions to Literature, Descriptive, Critical, Humorous, Biographical, Philosophical, and Poetical (1856)
  Caroline Howard Gilman, his wife, published several popular books.
caption: Rev. Samuel Gilman
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