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Wainwright (JONATHAN MAY- HEW an American)

JONATHAN MAY- HEW, an American clergyman; born of American parents in Liverpool, England, Feb. 24, 1793; was graduated at Harvard College in 1812; studied theo- WAINWRIGHT logy and was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1818; settled in New York City in 1819; and was there rector of Grace Church in 1821-1834.

Three years later he was made assistant in charge of St. John's Chapel, and remained there till November, 1852, when he was consecrated provisional bishop of New York. He was one of the founders of the University of New York, and was deemed one of the most eloquent pulpit orators of his time. His publications include "Four Sermons on Religious Edu- ); "Lessons ons on the Church" cation" (1829); (1835); "The Pathway and Abiding Places of Our Lord, Journal of a Tour Through the Land of York City, Sept. 21, 1854. age: being the Journal of a Tour in Egypt" (1852); etc. He died in New York City, Sept. 21, 1854. ord, Illustrated in the an