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a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in 1786. He graduated from Columbia College in 1808, was ordained deacon in 1810, and became assistant minister of Trinity Church, New York city, in 1811, and rector in 1830, a position which he retained until his death, Nov. 7, 1862. He is the author of Historical Sketch of Trinity Church (1847): — Works of Bishop Hobart (1833, 3 vols.); and several popular religious works, for which see Drake, Dict. of Amer. Biog. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.