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Andrews Norton

<p><b>Andrews Norton</b> (December 31, 1786 – September 18, 1853) was an American preacher and theologian. Along with <a href="/en/William_Ellery_Channing" title="William Ellery Channing" class="wl">William Ellery Channing</a>, he was the leader of mainstream <a href="/en/Unitarianism" title="Unitarianism" class="wl">Unitarianism</a> of the early and middle 19th century, and was known as the "Unitarian Pope".<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-papers_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-papers-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span>  He was the father of the writer <a href="/en/Charles_Eliot_Norton" title="Charles Eliot Norton" class="wl">Charles Eliot Norton</a>.</p>

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mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline">Andrews Norton</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Andrews_Norton_-_Cranch_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Andrews_Norton_-_Cranch_(cropped).jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Andrews_Norton_-_Cranch_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Andrews_Norton_-_Cranch_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="284" data-file-height="337" data-file-type="bitmap" height="261" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Andrews_Norton_-_Cranch_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Andrews_Norton_-_Cranch_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" alt="Andrews_Norton_-_Cranch_%28cropped%29.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">December 31, 1786<span>&nbsp;</span><span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top"><a href="/en/Q4759097?uselang=en#P569" title="Edit this on Wikidata" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="10" width="10" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span><br><span class="birthplace"><a href="/en/Hingham,_Massachusetts" title="Hingham, Massachusetts" class="wl">Hingham</a><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top"><a href="/en/Q4759097?uselang=en#P19" title="Edit this on Wikidata" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="10" width="10" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 18, 1853<span>&nbsp;</span><span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top"><a href="/en/Q4759097?uselang=en#P570" title="Edit this on Wikidata" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="10" width="10" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span> (aged 66)<br><span class="deathplace"><a href="/en/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island" class="wl">Newport</a><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top"><a href="/en/Q4759097?uselang=en#P20" title="Edit this on Wikidata" class="image wl"><img 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Norton<span>&nbsp;</span><span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top"><a href="/en/Q4759097?uselang=en#P22" title="Edit this on Wikidata" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="10" width="10" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span></li><li>Jane Andrews<span>&nbsp;</span><span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top"><a href="/en/Q4759097?uselang=en#P25" title="Edit this on Wikidata" class="image wl"><img 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Andrews Norton was an American preacher and theologian. Along with William Ellery Channing, he was the leader of mainstream Unitarianism of the early and middle 19th century, and was known as the "Unitarian Pope".  He was the father of the writer Charles Eliot Norton. 