William T. Manning
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1866 – 1949
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Who was William T. Manning?
William Thomas Manning was a U.S. Episcopal bishop of New York. He led a major $10 million campaign to raise funds for additional construction on the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and directed a program to train and employ men from the neighborhood as skilled artisans during the Great Depression and later.
In 1939-40, Manning took a leadership role in the successful effort to force the City University of New York to rescind their offer of a professorship to the philosopher Bertrand Russell.
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- Born
- May 12, 1866
Northampton - Education
- Sewanee: The University of the South
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Nov 18, 1949
New York
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on July 23, 2013
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