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Edwin Conant : ウィキペディア英語版 | Edwin Conant Edwin Conant (August 20,1810- March 2, 1891) was born in Sterling, Massachusetts. He was a businessman, lawyer and philanthropist who grew up in Sterling, Massachusetts and later Worcester, Massachusetts. His name is associated with gifts he gave to the Town of Sterling and Harvard University; the Conant Public Library in Sterling, Massachusetts as a memorial for his daughter Elizabeth and Harvard's Conant Hall. He was a member of the famous Harvard Class of '29. ==Early life== He was the son of Jacob Conant and Relief Burpee Conant, daughter of Moses Burpee and Elizabeth Kendall Burpee.〔History of Worcester and Its People, Nutt, P560〕 Father, Jacob was a businessman, farmer and Justice of the Peace representing Sterling, Massachusetts. Jacob provided Edwin with all the advantages of his wealth and stature. Edwin lost his mother December 26, 1814 when he was four-years old. He lost his sister Elizabeth in 1816 when he was six. Conant attended public school in Sterling, Massachusetts until he was 12 and transferred to Leicester Academy in preparation for college.
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