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WASHBURN, George, educator, born in Middleboro, Massachusetts, 1 March, 1888. He was graduated at Amherst in 1855, studied in the following year at Andover theological seminary, was sent by the American board as a missionary to Turkey in 1858, and licensed to preach in Constantinople in 1860. On 29 July, 1868, he was ordained at Middleboro while on a visit to the United States, but he returned the same year to Turkey and was released from the service of the board in 1868. He was professor of philosophy and political economy and acting president in Robert college, Constantinople, in 1869-76, and since the latter year he has been president. Amherst conferred upon him the degree of D. D. in 1874. He was drawn into intimate relations with the political events that were brought about by the Russo-Turkish war, in which his policy secured him the esteem of several English statesmen. His efforts also in behalf of Bulgarian liberty and for the elevation of the people were recognized by the first Bulgarian parliament in a vote of thanks, and in 1884 he was made a commander of the Order of St. Alexander. He has regularly contributed to English and American periodicals and papers, and in 1868 published in pamphlet-form a series of articles on "Woman', Work in the Church."
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