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EDWIN LORD WEEKS (1849-1903)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 467 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EDWIN See also:LORD See also:WEEKS (1849-1903)  , See also:American artist, was See also:born at See also:Boston, See also:Massachusetts, in 1849 . He was a See also:pupil of See also:Leon See also:Bonnat and of J . L . Ger6me, at See also:Paris . He made many voyages to the See also:East, and was distinguished as a painter of See also:oriental scenes . In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a See also:book of travels, From the See also:Black See also:Sea through See also:Persia and See also:India, and two years later he published Episodes of See also:Mountaineering . He died on the 17th of See also:November 1903 . He was a member of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour, See also:France, an officer of the See also:Order of St See also:Michael, See also:Germany, and a member of the See also:Secession, See also:Munich .

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