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Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
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Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (December 15, 1831 – February 24, 1917) was an American journalist, teacher, author, reformer, and abolitionist. Sanborn was a social scientist and memorialist of American transcendentalism who wrote early biographies of many of the movement's key figures. He founded the American Social Science Association in 1865 "to treat wisely the great social problems of the day." He was a member of the so-called Secret Six, or "Committee of Six", which funded or helped obtain funding for John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry; in fact, he introduced Brown to the others.[1]: 105 A recent scholar describes him as "humorless."[2]: 2
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Born | (1831-12-15)December 15, 1831 |
Died | February 24, 1917(1917-02-24) (aged 85) |
Resting place | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts |
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Children | Thomas Parker Sanborn, Victor Channing Sanborn, Francis Bachiler Sanborn |
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