American industrialist, educational reformer and entrepreneur
Edmund Dwight
Edmund Dwight, c. 1849
Born
(1780-11-28)November 28, 1780
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died
April 5, 1849(1849-04-05) (aged 68)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Known for
Founding of Massachusetts Board of Education
Dwight Manufacturing Company
Establishment of Hadley Falls Company
Establishment of Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad
Spouse
Mary Harrison Eliot
(m. 1809)
Children
Mary Eliot Dwight (1821-1879)
Sophia Dwight (1823-1879)
Edmond Dwight (1824-1900)
Elizabeth Dwight (1830-1901)
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Edmund Dwight (November 28, 1780 – April 5, 1849) was a prominent American industrialist, educational reformer, and entrepreneur. He was known for being one of the chief supporters of the Massachusetts Board of Education, providing much of its early funding. He is also noted for his industrial ventures such as his role in establishing the Hadley Falls Company.
EdmundDwight (November 28, 1780 – April 5, 1849) was a prominent American industrialist, educational reformer, and entrepreneur. He was known for being...
The EdmundDwight House is a historic house at 5 Cambridge Street in Winchester, Massachusetts, straddling the town line with Arlington. It was built...
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Four separate firms were consolidated into the Dwight Manufacturing Company in 1856; EdmundDwight, for whom it was named, was from a prominent local...
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River near Springfield, Massachusetts in 1829. They were invited by EdmundDwight, who owned textile mills nearby. The Ames company began manufacturing...
industrialist EdmundDwight, who subsidized Mann's salary for the duration that he served as secretary, and for several years funded his successor. Dwight had such...
two daughters and four sons: Ellen Randolph (1826–1894), who married EdmundDwight Elizabeth Bulfinch (1827–1832) Joseph Randolph (1828–1925), who married...
Lord. His other children included Benjamin Franklin Butler, Jr., Mrs. EdmundDwight, Mrs. Thomas S. Kirkbride, and Mrs. Alfred Booth. Butler also wrote...
Financier EdmundDwight, representing the wealthy Dwight family of Massachusetts and New York, visited the city in August 1847. The Dwights and Kelleys...
parents of Arthur Henderson Otis, Ellen Otis, Harrison Gray Otis, and EdmundDwight Otis. Otis died in Boston in 1873. Her portrait, by George P. A. Ilealy...
Samuel Dwight (1669? – 10 November 1737) was an English physician. Dwight was born about 1669. He was possibly the son of the potter John Dwight. A brother...
age. Burial was in Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven. Dwight's full-length portrait by Edmund C. Tarbell hangs in the stairwell of Woodbridge Hall, the...
Lysergic Acid. Edmund C. Kornfeld, E. J. Fornefeld, G. Bruce Kline, Marjorie J. Mann, Dwight E. Morrison, Reuben G. Jones, R. B. Woodward. "Edmund C. Kornfeld...
Dwight Boyer (November 18, 1912 in Elyria, Ohio – October 15, 1978 in Willoughby, Ohio) was a reporter and marine historian of the Great Lakes. He wrote...
States National Museum 61: 1–201, 82 figures. Schmidt, Karl P.; Davis, D. Dwight (1941). Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. New York:...
Edmund Louis Palmieri (May 14, 1907 – June 15, 1989) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of...
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Quinton Rampage Jackson. Zimbio.com (3 December 2010) Schultz, Dwight (22 June 2010). "Dwight's opinion about the A-team movie". Archived from the original...
First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Born in Boone, Iowa, she was raised in a wealthy household...