Amos Adams Lawrence

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Amos Adams Lawrence (born July 31, 1814 in Groton , Middlesex County , Massachusetts , † August 22, 1886 in Nahant , Massachusetts) was an entrepreneur in the textile sector, a patron of various universities and a supporter of abolitionism . The city of Lawrence in the state of Kansas is named after him. His father Amos Lawrence had become rich as an entrepreneur, mainly with textile mills and had donated large parts of his fortune to universities. Uncle Abbott Lawrence founded the city of Lawrence , Massachusetts.

Entrepreneurs and patrons

Amos Adams Lawrence studied at Harvard University until 1835 , then worked in the textile industry in Lowell like his father and founded his own company in Boston in 1837 . Over the course of his career, he has held numerous management positions in other companies. He ran a charity for young men in Massachusetts, where he also sponsored a hospital. In 1847 he founded Lawrence University in Wisconsin . This was the beginning of an extensive commitment to educational institutions: In the decades that followed, Lawrence funded the founding of the University of Kansas and made donations to Harvard University, the Groton School , the Lawrence Academy and the Episcopal Divinity School , among others . The latter is a school of the Episcopal Church , of which Amos Adams Lawrence was a member.

Abolitionist

Lawrence was treasurer of the New England Emigrant Aid Company , which settled anti-slavery settlers in the Kansas Territory , founded the city of Lawrence there and named Lawrence after Amos Adams. The abolitionist John Brown , supported by Amos Adams Lawrence, was active in the Kansas Territory . Although he rejected the acts of violence by Brown, he stood up for a due process for Brown after the capture of Brown by the US Army . Lawrence also supported the settlement of freed slaves in Liberia, Africa .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lawrence, Amos Adams . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 16 : L - Lord Advocate . London 1911, p. 305 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
  2. ↑ wisconsinumc.org
  3. ↑ Article at Kansas State Historical Society
personal data
SURNAME Lawrence, Amos Adams
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Groton , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1886
Place of death Nahant , Massachusetts