Leonidas Lent Hamline ( born 1797 in Burlington , Connecticut , died 1865 ) was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop , and a lawyer , and is the eponym of Hamline University in St. Paul , Minnesota .
Leonidas Lent Hamline ( born 1797 in Burlington , Connecticut , died 1865 ) was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop and a lawyer . 
 He is the eponym of Hamline University in St. Paul , Minnesota .