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| Born | (1838-02-14)February 14, 1838 Orland, Maine, USA |
| Died | January 21, 1914(1914-01-21) (aged 75) |
| Alma mater | Tufts University |
| Occupation | Textbook publisher |
| Known for | International School of Peace, now known as theWorld Peace Foundation |
| Movement | World peace |
| Spouse | Married twice |
| Children | 6 |
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Edwin Ginn (February 14, 1838 – January 21, 1914) was an American publisher, peace advocate and philanthropist.
Ginn was born inOrland, Maine, on February 14, 1838, into aUniversalist farming family who were descendants of early settlers of Maryland, Virginia, and Salem, Massachusetts. He attendedWestbrook Seminary, a Universalist preparatory school. Forgoing the ministry, he enrolled instead atTufts University in 1858. He graduated from Tufts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1862, receiving his Masters of Arts at the same time.[1]
After graduation, Ginn had a successful career selling schoolbooks. In 1868, he foundedGinn & Company andAthenæum Press, which became a leading Americantextbook publisher.[2] The company was later known as Ginn andHeath.
Ginn married twice, fathering six children.[1] In his late 50s, Ginn turned his focus to philanthropy: the Americanpeace movement was his primary concern.
Ginn died on January 21, 1914, at his home inWinchester, Massachusetts, after suffering from a paralyticstroke andpneumonia a month earlier. A library is named after him at Tufts'sFletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.[1]
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Influenced byEdward Everett Hale, a pastor of Boston's SouthCongregational Church, Ginn dedicated himself to the cause and the possibility of peace. On July 12, 1910, through a $1 million endowment,[1] he founded the International School of Peace inBoston.[3] whose purpose was "Educating the people of all nations to a full knowledge of the waste and destructiveness of war and of preparation for war, its evil effects on present social conditions and on the wellbeing of future generations, and to promote international justice and the brotherhood of man, and generally by every practical means to promote peace and goodwill among all mankind.[4]The school later became theWorld Peace Foundation. In 2007,Robert I. Rotberg publishedA Leadership for Peace: How Edwin Ginn Tried to Change the World (ISBN 0804754551).
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