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(1811-1882) Swedenborgian theologian, writer, father of the philosopher William James and the novelist Henry James, Jr. Henry James, Sr. was born in Albany, New York. Works include “Personal Recollection of Thomas Carlyle,” “Substance and Shadow” (1863), “Literary Remains,” and others.

Full Name

Henry James, Sr.

Locations

Albany

Author's Timeline

Unknown

LITWORK

Personal Recollection of Thomas Carlyle

1811

BIRTH

Henry James, Sr. was born in Albany, New York, in 1811.

1863

LITWORK

Substance And Shadow: Or Morality And Religion In Their Relation To Life
AMS Press (1983 reprint)
0-404-10088-0

1879

LITWORK

Society The Redeemed Form Of Man, And The Earnest Of God's Omnipotence In Human Nature, Affirmed In Letters To A Friend

1882

DEATH

Henry James, Sr. died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1882.

1885

LITWORK

The Literary Remains Of Henry James
Literature House. (1970 reprint).
0-8398-0950-6
Edited by his son, William James.

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