The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . Dr. Barrows was 106 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA. BEKGH, Henry, philanthropist and founder ofthe American society for the prevention of crueltyto animals, was born in New York city in
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . Dr. Barrows was 106 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA. BEKGH, Henry, philanthropist and founder ofthe American society for the prevention of crueltyto animals, was born in New York city in 1823, ofGerman ancestry. His father. Christian Bergh, wasa shipbuilder, and for many years in the service ofthe government. He died in 1843, leaving threechildren, amply provided entered Columbia college,but before his course was fin-ished, determined on an extend-ed foreign tour, and spent fiveyears in Europe. In 1862 hebecame secretary of legation toRussia, and afterward acting vice-consul. The severity of the cli-mate obliged him to resign hisposition, and he again devotedhis means and leisure to travel,seeking more temperate regionsboth in Europe and the to animals, witnessed byhim in his travels, and especiallyduring his residence at St. Pe-tersburg, first suggested his phil-anthropic mission on behalf ofthe dumb brute. He visited Eng-land, and sought the acquaint-ance and assistance of Lord Harrowby, at that timepresident
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