Henry Alexander Saturnin Hartley Explained

Henry Alexander Saturnin Hartley
Birth Date:	18 December 1861
Birth Place:	Port of Spain, British West Indies
Occupation:	Clergyman, lawyer, physician

Henry Alexander Saturnin Hartley (December 18, 1861 – October 14, 1934)^[1] was a missionary preacher, teacher, lawyer, and doctor in Canada, the United States, and South America.

Biography

Henry Alexander Saturnin Hartley was born on December 18, 1861, in Port of Spain, Trinidad (then known as the British West Indies).^{[2] [3]}

He studied at the University of Paris and worked in Trinidad including overseeing a leper colony before being dismissed for negligence.^[4] Hartley went on to various church appointments and postings. He studied in Canada and the United States. He served as a pastor at churches in Burroughs, Georgia.

He married Naomi Locke in London on June 25, 1883. She died in Paris in 1884 after giving birth to twins, who also died shortly afterward.^[3]

Hartley wrote a memoir in 1890.^[5]

On June 16, 1891, he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Wilberforce University. On May 23, 1893, he earned an LL.B from Central Tennessee College.^[3]

Hartley died in 1934. In his will, he left $1,000 to Wilberforce University to endow a silver medal to be awarded yearly to the best student in Greek.^[6]

Publications

• Classical Translations (1889)
• Ta Tou Pragma Emou Biou, or Some Concerns of My Life (1890)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bragg. George Freeman. 1922. History of the Afro-American Group of the Episcopal Church. Documenting the American South (DocSouth).
2. Web site: Hartley, Henry Alexander Saturnin. Oxford African American Studies Center. 2013. 10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.37027. Ronnick. Michele Valerie. 9780195301731. subscription.
3. Book: Physicians and Surgeons of America: A Collection of Biographical Sketches of the Regular Medical Profession . Irving A. . Watson . Republican Press Association . Concord, New Hampshire . 300–302 . 1896 . 2024-03-15 . Internet Archive.
4. Book: Ronnick, Michele Valerie. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780198814122.001.0001/oso-9780198814122-chapter-5. In Search of Henry Alexander Saturnin Hartley, Black Classicist, Clergyman, and Physician. Classicisms in the Black Atlantic. 2020. 119–132. Oxford University Press. oxford.universitypressscholarship.com. 10.1093/oso/9780198814122.003.0005. 978-0-19-881412-2. subscription.
5. Web site: Hartley, H. A. S. (Henry Alexander Saturnin), 1861- | The Online Books Page. onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
6. News: Wilberforce U. Bequeathed Gift to Finance Greek Medal . . Xenia, Ohio . 3 . 1934-10-10 . 2024-03-15 . Newspapers.com.
7. Book: Moyer. Ian. Lecznar. Adam. Morse. Heidi. January 16, 2020. Classicisms in the Black Atlantic. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-881412-2. Google Books.