Henry James, Sr.

Henry James, Sr.

Henry James Sr. (June 3, 1811, Albany, New York – December 18, 1882, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American theologian and adherent of Swedenborgianism, best known as the father of the philosopher William James, novelist Henry James, and diarist Alice James.

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