Editing Lyman Abbott (section)

{{short description|Theologian, editor, author}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Lyman J. Abbott
| image              = Lyman Abbott - (Purdy).jpg
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1835|12|18}}
| birth_place        = [[Roxbury, Massachusetts]], US
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1922|10|22|1835|12|18}}
| death_place        = New York City, US
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| resting_place      = Woodlawn Cemetery, [[New Windsor, New York]]
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| occupation         = [[Congregationalist]] theologian, pastor, editor, author
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| spouse             = Abby F. Hamlin
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| children           = 6, including [[Lawrence Fraser Abbott]]
| father             = [[Jacob Abbott]]
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| relatives          = [[John Stevens Cabot Abbott|John S. C. Abbott]] (uncle)
| signature          = Signature of Lyman J. Abbott (1835–1922).png
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'''Lyman J. Abbott''' (December 18, 1835 – October 22, 1922)<ref name=BD>{{cite book|last=Carey|first=Patrick W.|title=Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00care|url-access=limited|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, CT|isbn=978-0-313-03344-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00care/page/n12 2]–3|author2=Joseph T. Lienhard }}</ref><ref name=EB>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|title=Abbott, Lyman|edition=15th|year=2010|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|volume=I: A-Ak – Bayes|location=Chicago, IL|isbn=978-1-59339-837-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia2009ency/page/13 13]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia2009ency/page/13}}</ref> was an American [[Congregationalist]] [[theologian]], [[editing|editor]], and author.<ref>[http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=a&word=ABBOTT.LYMAN LCMS.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117034420/http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=a&word=ABBOTT.LYMAN |date=January 17, 2011 }}, Abbott, Lyman in the Christian Cyclopedia</ref><ref name="DCB">{{Cite book|title=Dictionary of Christian Biography|year=2001|editor=Michael Walsh|publisher=Continuum|isbn=0826452639|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofchri0000unse/page/2 2]|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofchri0000unse/page/2}}</ref>