Person:Joseph Hallock (1)

HALLOCK, Joseph Newton, author and publisher, was born in Franklinville, L.I., N.Y.. July 4, 1834; son of Ezra and Lydia Emily Halleck, and grandson of Daniel Halleck, a Revolutionary soldier, who served as aide-de-camp to General Putnam. He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1857, A.M., 1860, and studied theology there, 1857-60. He was ordained a Congregational clergyman; preached for a short time at Bridgewater, Conn., and declined a call as regular pastor, having decided to devote his life to literary pursuits. He became connected with the Christian at Work, as part owner and editorial assistant to the Rev. Dr. William M. Taylor, and in 1880 on the resignation of Dr. Taylor he became sole proprietor and editor-in-chief of the Christian at Work. He also became an incorporator, director and one of the trustees of the State trust company, a director of the Metropolitian realty company and a director and active worker in the Society for the prevention of crime. In 1897 he declined the presidency of Westminster university, Denver, Col., at a salary of $10,000 per annum. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Ursinus college, Pa., in 1896. He took the first prize of fifty dollars offered by the Brooklyn Eagle for an article on "The Gold Standard" in a competition with three hundred writers. He prepared an edition of Tacitus (1860); and is the author of: A History of Southampton (1870); First Impressices in Europe (1878); Twice Across the Continent (1880); The Christiaa Life (1890); Family Worship (1893), and numerous printed sermons and pamphlets. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume V Hallock