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ELWYN, Alfred Langdon, philanthropist, born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 9 July 1804; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 March 1884. He was a grandson of John Langdon, the first continental governor of New Hampshire. Alfred was graduated at Harvard in 1823, studied medicine abroad in 1824'9, and, on his return, at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his degree in 1831. Dr. Elwyn never practiced his profession, but became widely known as a philanthropist. He was the originator of the Pennsylvania agricultural society and farm school, and its president in 1850, and was also at various times president of the Pennsylvania institution for the instruction of the blind, of the Training school for feebleminded children, and of the Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. He published " Bonaparte," a poem (Philadelphia, 1848); "Glossary of Supposed Americanisms" (1860); "Letters to the Hon. John Langdon, during and after the Revolution" (1880); "Melancholy, and its Musings" (1881); and "A Few Hints to the City on Intemperance."
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