Уэбб, Томас Смит

Thomas Smith Webb AKA "Founding Father of The York or American Rite" America 1771 - 1819 Teachers: James Anderson; William Preston; Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay; Baron Karl Gotthelf von Hund; Jean-Baptiste Willermoz; Brother Ranulf Higden,; Trevisa; William Caxton; William Schaw; William Sinclair or the St. Clair family of Roslin; David Cunningham of Robertland; Sir James Murray of Kilbaderton; Sir Anthony Alexander; Robert Drummond of Carnok; Sir John Veitch of Dawyck; John Carmichael; William Moray of Dreghorn; Sir Robert Moray, his brother; Sir William Bruce, 1671; John Theophilus Desaguliers, Elias Ashmole; Thomas Ruddiman; William Stranhan; MWGM James Heseline; Martin Clare, who added Christina elements; Capt. George Smith, Inspector of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich; Dr. Thomas Manningham; Thomas Dunkery; Right Worshipful Bro. William L Hutchinson P.G.W., who added still more Christina symbolism to the rituals, author of The Spirit of Masonry; Laurence Dermott of the Ancient Grand Lodge ; Students: Colonel C.W. Napier-Clavering; Albert Pike ; Rob Morris aka Robert Morris, 1860s, , author of Mnemonics, copied from an incomplete manuscript ; Malcolm C. Duncan ; Albert Mackey; Luke Lockwood of CT; Daniel Coxe; Henry Price; James Graeme; Benjamin Gleason; Henry Fowle; Jeremy L. Cross, author of True Masonic Chart, 1819; G. M. Phillip Tucker; Phillip C Tucker, Jr; John Barney; RW Samuel Wilson; Charles W. Moore; Daniel Sickels; Organizations: Freemasonry; the York Rite of Freemasonry ; Knights Templar, provided the ritual and ceremonial procedure of the Templar Orders in America; Grand Commander of what is now the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar AKA Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States ; Psallonian Society; the Handel and Haydn Society Author: The Freemason's Monitor, or Illustrations of Masonry, 1797; presided over Royal Arch Masons convention of 1799; His version of Prescott's rituals accepted in America at the Baltimore Convention of 1843; Comments: Freemason, Union Lodge in Albany; "Founding Father of the York or American Rite"; edited and shortened Preston's basic rites for the 3 American degrees of Masonry; musician, composed Masonic songs and piano pieces; During the British-American War of 1812, Preston, as Grand Master of RI, called out the Masons to build a large wall, called Fort Hiram to resist the British, 1814; Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Smith_Webb; read him here - http://books.google.com/books?id=rDAiAAAAMAAJ&dq=Freemason%E2%80%99s%20Monitor%20or%20Illustrations%20of%20Masonry&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q=&f=false; http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/webbs_monitor/table_of_contents.htm ; Masonic Enlightenment: the Philosophy, History and Wisdom of Freemasonry, ed by Michael R. Poll; The Webb Ritual in the United States by Silas H. Shepherd;