Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
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Learned Blacksmith, 1810-1879
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American reformer and linguist.
Elihu Burritt (1810-1879), famous as "the Learned Blacksmith," was born in New Britain, Conn. During his youth he apprenticed himself to a blacksmith. After working at various jobs, he became interested in improving his education and moved to Worcester, intending to use the library of the American Antiquarian Society to study foreign languages. In Worcester, he worked as a blacksmith and taught himself to read some thirty languages. Burritt decided he wanted a literary career and in 1839 he began to publish Literary Geminae, a magazine in English and French. The magazine failed the following year. He began lecturing at lyceums, and was involved in evangelical, temperance, and antislavery activities. In 1844 Burritt started a weekly newspaper in Worcester called The Christian Citizen. He became increasingly interested in pacifism and associated himself with peace organizations. In 1846 he went to England and founded the League of Universal Brotherhood. During most of the remainder of his life he wrote numerous books and traveled extensively in Europe and America lecturing and working for world peace.
Born and died in New Britain, Conn. Founded League of Universal Brotherhood to further the course of world peace; organized Brussels Peace Congress of 1848; served as U.S. consul at Birmingham, Eng., 1863-1870.
Reformer, publisher, and author.
Linguist, reformer; formed League of Universal Brotherhood, 1846; U.S. consulate, Birmingham, England, 1863-1870.
Buritt was an American reformer.
Burritt, a linguist, reformer and peace activist also organized peace conferences.
Elihu Burritt was born in New Britain, Connecticut, in 1810. Known as the "Learned Blacksmith" because he was primarily self-taught, he was a social reformer, abolitionist, absolute pacifist, linguist, and internationalist. He advocated programs of international cooperation and inexpensive international postage rates (which he called "ocean penny postage"), and promoted his plans by means of "Olive Leaves" (brief statements written by peace reformers) and "Friendly Addresses" between paired cities in the United States and England. Burritt was active in the American Peace Society, and was a founder of the League of Universal Brotherhood. He was involved with several international peace conferences in Europe, notably the first Peace Congress held in Brussels in 1848. Although a staunch abolitionist and a believer in complete equality among the races, Burritt opposed the American Civil War on absolute pacifist principles. He proposed a system of "compensated emancipation", to pay Southern slave owners to free their slaves. Burritt died in New Britain, Connecticut in 1879.
Elihu Burritt was an American reformer and peace advocate. Apprenticed as a blacksmith, he sought opportunities for learning, and taught himself Latin, Greek, mathematics, and other subjects while working as a smith. He began publishing, and lecturing, and acquired the nickname of The learned blacksmith. He continued to work for peace and the abolition of slavery, founding periodicals and writing tracts.
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