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Wing, George Clary

lawyer, was born April 4, 1848, in Bloomfield, Ohio.

He received his education at the Phillips academy; attended Harvard college during 1867-71, receiving the degree of A. B.; and in 1872-73 at the law department of the Georgetown university, graduating with the degree of LL. B. For several years he was employed in the United States department of justice at Washington, D. C.; from 1879-83 was attorney for the government in the defense of suits in the court of claims; thereafter was chief of the diplomatic bureau of the United States department of state until 1884; since which time he has practiced law with success in Cleveland, Ohio.

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