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The oldest surviving graduate of Harvard College, Rev. Dr. Frederick A. Farley, of the class of 1818, died at his home in Brooklyn on Tuesday. He was in his 92d year, having been born in Boston on June 25, 1800.
Dr. Farley entered Harvard College in 14th year and after graduating in 1818, practised law for a few years. In 1826, he retired from the legal profession and began the study of theology at Cambridge, graduating with high honors in 1828. In 1850, Harvard conferred on him the degree S. T. D.
He officiated in several Unitarian churches in the eastern states before taking charge of the Church of Our Saviour in 1841. After 22 years' continuous pastorate he retired from the pulpit, and was chosen pastor emeritus.
Since his retirement from active pastoral duties Dr. Farley had been almost uninterruptedly engaged in literary work. He was the author of "Unitarianism in the United States, "Unitarianism Defined" and "History of the Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair of 1864."
The death of Dr. Farley leaves as the oldest surviving graduate of the college, Rev. William H. Furness, of Philadelphia, a member of the class of 1820.
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