Frederick Henry Hedge, an American clergyman, born in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 12, 1805. His father was for a long time professor of logic and metaphysics in Harvard college. In 1818 the son accompanied Mr. George Bancroft to Germany, and there studied at 11-feld and Schulpforte. In 1823 he returned to America, and in 1825 graduated at Harvard college. After three years of study in the theological school, he entered the ministry in 1828, and was settled in the Congregational church at West Cambridge. He became pastor of the Unitarian church in Bangor, Me., in 1835, of the Westminster church in Providence, R. I., in 1850, and of the first Congregational church in Brookline, Mass., in 1856. In 1847-8 he made the tour of Europe, revisiting Germany, and spending a winter in Italy. In 1852 he received from Harvard college the degree of D. D., and in 1857 was chosen professor of ecclesiastical history in the theological school in Cambridge. In the same year he took charge of the "Christian Examiner," then the organ of the Unitarian body. In 1859 he was made president of the American Unitarian association.

In the same year he was chosen by the Germans of Boston to deliver an oration on the centennial anniversary of Schiller's birth (Nov. 10). In 18GG he gave at the annual commencement of Harvard college an address to the alumni, in which he advocated changes in the system of study which have since been partially adopted by the government of that university. In 1872 he was appointed professor of German at Harvard, an office which he still holds (1874). His largest work is the "Prose Writers of Germany" (8vo, Philadelphia, 1848), in which extracts from 28 authors, from Luther to Cha-misso. are given, each series preceded by a careful original sketch of the author and estimate of his genius and influence. A large portion of the extracts were translated for the work by the compiler. Dr. Hedge has also published versions of many of the minor poems of eminent German writers, especially Schiller and Goethe. In 1853, in connection with the Rev. Dr. Huntington of Boston, he published a volume of hymns, many of the best of which are his own compositions and translations. In the same year also appeared his "Liturgy for the Use of the Church." In 1865 he published "Reason in Religion," a collection of essays on the philosophy of religion, which has passed through several editions.

In 1870 appeared his "Primeval World of Hebrew Tradition," of which a German translation was published at Berlin in 1873. He has also published many sermons, orations, and reviews.