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Amos Adams Lawrence
b.31 Jul 1814 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.22 Aug 1886 Nahant, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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m. 5 Jun 1811
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m. 31 Mar 1842
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Amos Adams Lawrence (July 31, 1814August 22, 1886) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and social activist. He was a key figure in the United States abolitionist movement in the years leading up to the Civil War and the growth of the Episcopal Church in Massachusetts. He was instrumental in the establishment of the University of Kansas and Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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