Edwin Ginn
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| Born | February 14, 1838 Orland, Maine, USA |
| Died | January 21, 1914 (aged 75) |
| Alma mater | Tufts University |
| Occupation | Textbook publisher |
| Known for | International School of Peace, now known as the World 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 in Orland, Maine, on February 14, 1838, into a Universalist farming family who were descendants of early settlers of Maryland, Virginia, and Salem, Massachusetts. He attended Westbrook Seminary, a Universalist preparatory school. Forgoing the ministry, he enrolled instead at Tufts 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 founded Ginn & Company and Athenæum Press, which became a leading American textbook publisher.[2] The company was later known as Ginn and Heath.
Ginn married twice, fathering six children.[1] In his late 50s, Ginn turned his focus to philanthropy: the American peace movement was his primary concern.
Ginn died on January 21, 1914, at his home in Winchester, Massachusetts, after suffering from a paralytic stroke and pneumonia a month earlier. A library is named after him at Tufts's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.[1]
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