Hosea Ballou

Hosea Ballou D.D. (April 30, 1771 – June 7, 1852) was an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer.

For the first President of Tufts University and also universalist author (1796–1861), see Hosea Ballou II.

Hosea Ballou
Born(1771-04-30)April 30, 1771
Richmond, New Hampshire
DiedJune 6, 1852(1852-06-06) (aged 81)
Boston, Massachusetts
Known forUniversalist clergyman
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Originally a Baptist, he converted to Universalism in 1789. He preached in a number of towns in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. From 1817, he was pastor of the Second Universalist Church of Boston. He wrote a number of influential theological works, as well as hymns, essays and sermons, and edited two Universalist journals. Ballou has been called one of the fathers of American Universalism.

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