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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 18 (search)
XVII.
Edward Atkinson.
Edward Atkinson, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since March 12, 1879, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on February 10, 1827, and died in Boston on December 11, 1905.
He was descended on his father's side from the patriot minute-man, Lieutenant Amos Atkinson, and on the maternal side from Stephen Greenleaf, a well-known fighter of Indians in the colonial period; thus honestly inheriting on both sides that combative spirit in good causes w ewhat chaotic state when he took hold of it, but he remained in its charge until his death, having during this time organized, enlarged, and perfected the mutual insurance of industrial concerns.
In 1855 he married Miss Mary Caroline Heath, of Brookline, who died in December, 1907.
He is survived by seven children,--Mrs. Ernest Winsor, E. W. Atkinson, Charles H. Atkinson, William Atkinson, Robert W. Atkinson, Miss C. P. Atkinson, and Mrs. R. G. Wadsworth.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 19 (search)