Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 553
rear of his age. He spentthe greater part of his life in works of benevolence, and especially in visit-ing prisons and alleviating the condition of prisoners. He manifestedthe greatest energy, courage, and perseverance in the pursuit of his phil-anthropic objects. His name is synonymous with… … Fig. 757.-BKKANGER.* ° Pierre Jean de Beranger was bora in Paris, August 19, 1789, and diedin his native city, July 16, 1857, at the age of 77. Beranger was a childof the people, his father, though claiming to have gentle blood in hisveins, being a poor book-keeper, and his mother a milliner. He…
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