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Frost, John

educator, author, was born Jan. 26, 1800, in Kennebunk, Maine.

He was an educator of Philadelphia; and the author of Beauties of English History; Beauties of French History; Wild Scenes in a Hunter's Life; Pioneer Mothers in the West: The Presidents of the United States; Pictorial History of the United States; and History of the World.

He died Dec. 28, 1859, in Philadelphia, Pa.

FROST, MARGARET FULTON AL- CORN, educator, philanthropist, was born in 1809, in Ireland. She attained success in educational work as principal of the Westerly academy, Rhode Island; and as principal of the Seabury seminary of New York city. She was a philanthropist, and a pioneer for woman's advancement; was one of the first women of her time to obtain a classical education, and throughout her life worked for temperance, peace and social purity. She died in 1891.

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