He was the President of the American Chamber of Commerce when he died in Paris.
He was baptized on September 15, 1839 at the Church of the Redemption in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an 1858 graduate of Williams College and was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church on May 8, 1861. After assisting his father, the rector of St. George's Church, for about three years, he was made a priest on September 11, 1863 and became rector of the Church of the Mediator, New York City.
He was Chaplain of the Twelfth Regiment, NY Volunteers during the Civil War.
In 1865, he organized the Church of the Holy Trinity commonly referred to as Dr. Tyng's Church and supervised the construction of the first edifice. It was located on the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 42nd Street.
He was censured by the Episcopal Church in 1867 for preaching in a Methodist Church and retired from the ministry in 1881.
Resigning this work in 1881 he came to Paris as manager of the Paris office of the Equitable Life Assurance Company. Dr. Tyng with his scholarship, culture and sympathies, in addition to his business genius, became an outstanding figure in the colony.
Shortly after his arrival he accepted membership on the Prudential Committee of the American Church, and, at the first meeting he attended, moved that an immediate effort be made to raise subscriptions to clear off the debt accruing from the repairing and improvement of the chapel.
He was baptized on September 15, 1839 at the Church of the Redemption in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an 1858 graduate of Williams College and was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church on May 8, 1861. After assisting his father, the rector of St. George's Church, for about three years, he was made a priest on September 11, 1863 and became rector of the Church of the Mediator, New York City.
He was Chaplain of the Twelfth Regiment, NY Volunteers during the Civil War.
In 1865, he organized the Church of the Holy Trinity commonly referred to as Dr. Tyng's Church and supervised the construction of the first edifice. It was located on the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 42nd Street.
He was censured by the Episcopal Church in 1867 for preaching in a Methodist Church and retired from the ministry in 1881.
Resigning this work in 1881 he came to Paris as manager of the Paris office of the Equitable Life Assurance Company. Dr. Tyng with his scholarship, culture and sympathies, in addition to his business genius, became an outstanding figure in the colony.
Shortly after his arrival he accepted membership on the Prudential Committee of the American Church, and, at the first meeting he attended, moved that an immediate effort be made to raise subscriptions to clear off the debt accruing from the repairing and improvement of the chapel.
He was the President of the American Chamber of Commerce when he died in Paris.
He was baptized on September 15, 1839 at the Church of the Redemption in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an 1858 graduate of Williams College and was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church on May 8, 1861. After assisting his father, the rector of St. George's Church, for about three years, he was made a priest on September 11, 1863 and became rector of the Church of the Mediator, New York City.
He was Chaplain of the Twelfth Regiment, NY Volunteers during the Civil War.
In 1865, he organized the Church of the Holy Trinity commonly referred to as Dr. Tyng's Church and supervised the construction of the first edifice. It was located on the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 42nd Street.
He was censured by the Episcopal Church in 1867 for preaching in a Methodist Church and retired from the ministry in 1881.
Resigning this work in 1881 he came to Paris as manager of the Paris office of the Equitable Life Assurance Company. Dr. Tyng with his scholarship, culture and sympathies, in addition to his business genius, became an outstanding figure in the colony.
Shortly after his arrival he accepted membership on the Prudential Committee of the American Church, and, at the first meeting he attended, moved that an immediate effort be made to raise subscriptions to clear off the debt accruing from the repairing and improvement of the chapel.
He was baptized on September 15, 1839 at the Church of the Redemption in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an 1858 graduate of Williams College and was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church on May 8, 1861. After assisting his father, the rector of St. George's Church, for about three years, he was made a priest on September 11, 1863 and became rector of the Church of the Mediator, New York City.
He was Chaplain of the Twelfth Regiment, NY Volunteers during the Civil War.
In 1865, he organized the Church of the Holy Trinity commonly referred to as Dr. Tyng's Church and supervised the construction of the first edifice. It was located on the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 42nd Street.
He was censured by the Episcopal Church in 1867 for preaching in a Methodist Church and retired from the ministry in 1881.
Resigning this work in 1881 he came to Paris as manager of the Paris office of the Equitable Life Assurance Company. Dr. Tyng with his scholarship, culture and sympathies, in addition to his business genius, became an outstanding figure in the colony.
Shortly after his arrival he accepted membership on the Prudential Committee of the American Church, and, at the first meeting he attended, moved that an immediate effort be made to raise subscriptions to clear off the debt accruing from the repairing and improvement of the chapel.
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