George Barrell Emerson

George Barrell Emerson

George Barrell Emerson (September 12, 1797 – March 14, 1881) was an American educator and pioneer of women's education.He was a cousin of Ralph Waldo Emersoncite news | url = http://jmisc.net/BIOG-E.htm| title =Brief Biographies from the Jackson/Van Buren Era (E): | work =|publisher =Hal Morris date = 12 November 2006] . Emerson Preparatory School in Washington D.C. was named in his honor.cite news | url = http://www.emersonprep.net/| title = Emerson Preparatory School Website | work =|publisher =date = February 2 2007]

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* [http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/916.pdf Biography at Harvard.edu] - Biography and story of the founding of the Arnold Arboretum


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