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For the producer and director, see H. C. Potter. Henry Codman Potter ( November 13, 1904 - August 31, 1977) was an American theatrical producer/director and a motion picture director

Henry Codman Potter (May 25, 1835 - July 21, 1908), United States Protestant Episcopal bishop, the son of Bishop Alonzo Potter, was born in Schenectady, New York. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Right Rev'd Alonzo Potter (1800-1865 was an American Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States who served as the third Bishop of Pennsylvania Schenectady (skəˈnɛktədi Θkahnéhtati in Tuscarora) is a City in Schenectady County, New York, United States

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Life

He was educated in the Philadelphia Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church and in the Theological Seminary of Virginia, where he graduated in 1857. He was ordained deacon in 1857 and priest in 1858; was rector of Christ Church, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1858-1859, and of St John's Church, Troy, NY, in 1859-1866; refused the presidency of Kenyon College in 1863 and the bishopric of Iowa in 1875; was secretary of the House of Bishops in 1866-1883; and was assistant rector of Trinity Church, Boston, in 1866-1868, and rector of Grace Church, New York City, in 1868-1884. Greensburg is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area Troy is a City in New York, US, and the County seat of Rensselaer County. Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. In October 1883 he was consecrated assistant to his uncle, Horatio Potter, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, and in 1887 succeeded him. The Episcopal Diocese of New York is a Diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the Boroughs of Manhattan The Rev. David Hummell Greer (b. David Hummell Greer (1844񮕏 was an American Protestant Episcopal bishop 1844) became his coadjutor in September 1903, and succeeded to the bishopric after the death of Bishop Potter in Cooperstown, NY, on the 21st of July 1908. During Bishop Potter's administration the corner-stone of the Cathedral of St John the Divine was laid (in 1892).

He was notable for his interest in social reform and in politics: as rector of Grace Church he worked to make it an institutional church with working-men's clubs, day nurseries, kindergartens, etc. , and he took part in the summer work of the missions on the east side in New York City long after he was bishop; in 1900 he attacked the Tammany mayor (Robert A Van Wyck) of New York City, accusing the city government of protecting vice, and was a leader in the reform movement which elected Seth Low mayor in the same year; he frequently assisted in settling labour disputes; he worked for the re-establishment of the army canteen and attempted to improve the saloon, which he called the poor man's club notably by his taking part in the opening (August, 1904) of the unsuccessful Subway Tavern. The City of New York Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Robert Anderson Van Wyck, (pronounced Van Wike ( July 20, 1849 &ndash November 14, 1918) was the first mayor of New York City after Seth Low ( January 18, 1850 - September 17, 1916) born in Brooklyn, New York, was an American educator and

Family

Potter had at least five brothers:

Works

References

External links

Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z, available at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works , contains a speech by Potter.

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