Austin, Amory

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From the description of Amory Austin collection relating to heraldry, 1865-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132155

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Amory Austin was born to Ivers James Austin and Elizabeth Turner Amory Austin on July 24, 1849, in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1871 and an S. B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also in Cambridge, in 1873. He worked in analytical chemistry. In 1890, Austin was appointed expert compiler in the Statistical Division of the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. He died on January 4, 1920, in Newport, Rhode Island.

From the guide to the Amory Austin Collection Relating to Heraldry, 1865-1917, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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associatedWith Austin, Ivers James, 1808-1889. person
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