Beecher

American  

[bee-cher] / ˈbi tʃər /

noun

1. Catharine Esther, 1800–78, U.S. educator: advocated educational rights for women.

2. Edward, 1803–95, U.S. clergyman, educator, and abolitionist.

3. Henry Ward, 1813–87, U.S. preacher and writer.

4. Lyman, 1775–1863, U.S. preacher and theologian (father of Catharine Esther Beecher, Edward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Henry Ward Beecher).

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Beecher British  

/ ˈbiːtʃə /

noun

1. Henry Ward . 1813–87, US clergyman: a leader in the movement for the abolition of slavery

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Beecher

“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war,” Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Beecher argued Zambrano could eventually be granted asylum and “receive a real windfall” if the court were to dismiss with prejudice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

The works she focused on included Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and Saul Bellow’s “Henderson the Rain King” with an eye toward the depictions of black characters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

In the days of Beecher, we thought placebo was just in people’s heads—i.e., not a real thing.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026

A professor of rhetoric at Bowdoin College, sometimes professor of “Natural and Revealed Religion,” successor to the chair of the famed Professor Stowe, husband to Harriet Beecher.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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