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Henry Niles Pierce (1820–1899)
Pierce, Henry Niles. An American Episcopal bishop and author; born in Pawtucket, RI, 1820; died on Sept. 5, 1899. He spent many years in the West as a missionary, and was consecrated bishop in 1870. He published essays, sermons, and reviews; and a volume of poems, ‘The Agnostic,’ etc. (1884).