Francis Julius LeMoyne
Physician, Deceased Person
1798 – 1879
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Who was Francis Julius LeMoyne?
Francis Julius LeMoyne was a 19th-century American medical doctor and philanthropist from Washington, Pennsylvania. Responsible for creating the first crematory in the United States, he was also an abolitionist, founder of Washington's first public library, co-founder of the Washington Female Seminary, and an instrumental benefactor to the LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School, to which he made a $20,000 donation in 1870. He graduated from Washington College in 1815.
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- Born
- Sep 4, 1798
Washington - Also known as
- F. Julius LeMoyne
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Washington & Jefferson College
- Washington College
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Died
- Oct 14, 1879
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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