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CHARLES LORING BRACE (1826-189o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 358 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES LORING See also:BRACE (1826-189o)  , See also:American philanthropist, was See also:born on the 19th of See also:June 1826 in See also:Litchfield, See also:Connecticut . He graduated at Yale in 1846, studied See also:theology there in 1847-1848, and graduated from See also:Union Theological See also:Seminary in 1849 . From this See also:time he practically devoted his See also:life to socialwork among the poor of New See also:York, and to See also:Christian propaganda among the criminal classes; and he became well known as a social reformer, at See also:home and abroad . He started in 1852 to hold " boys' meetings," and in 1853 helped to found the See also:Children's Aid Society, establishing workshops, See also:industrial See also:schools and lodging-houses for newsboys . In 1872 he was a delegate to the See also:international See also:prison See also:congress which met in See also:London . He died at Campfer, in See also:Tirol, on the 11th of See also:August 189o . He published from time to time several volumes embodying his views on See also:practical See also:Christianity and its application to the improvement of social conditions . See The Life and Letters of See also:Charles Loring See also:Brace (New York, 1894), edited by his daughter, Emma Brace .

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