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Lewis, Isaac Newton

educator, lawyer, jurist, author, was born Dec. 25, 1848, in Walpole, Mass. He received the rudiments of his education in the Eliot High school of Boston, Mass.; received the degree of A. B. from Harvard college in 1873; and the degrees of A. M. and LL. B. from the Boston university. He taught school in the Eliot High school and has filled a professorship in the Chelsea academy. He has been president of the Union Publishing company; president of the Maple Grove cemetery, and served with distinction as judge. He has traveled extensively in Europe, Palestine, Egypt, India and Japan, making a complete tour around the world in 1887-88. He is a successful lawyer of Boston, Mass.; is the author of Immoriam; Pleasant Hours in Sunny Lands; and a constant contributor to periodical literature.

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