Abbott, Lyman (1835-), a distinguished son of Jacob Abbott. He was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, December 13, 1835, and was educated in New York City. He studied law, but afterward prepared himself for the Congregational ministry. From 1860 to 1865 he was a pastor at Terre Haute, Indiana, a position which he resigned to become secretary of the Freedmen's Commission, the offices of which were located in New York City. Mr. Abbott was associated with Henry Ward Beecher in both church and literary work. He succeeded the latter as pastor of Plymouth church and as the editor-in-chief of the Christian Union. The name of this periodical was changed subsequently to the Outlook. In 1899 Mr. Abbott resigned his pastorate and devoted his later years to editorial work. He has written a number of works of a religious nature, including a Dictionary of Bible Knowledge. He was chosen by general consent to write the authentic life of Henry Ward Beecher, and edited several volumes of his sermons.