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Elihu may refer to: People *Elihu Burritt (1811–1879), American philanthropist, linguist, and social activist * Elihú Chávez (1988), Mexican Environmental Engineer with Renewable Energies Master Degree (ITESM 2019). Safety professional and LGBT+ Activist. *Elihu Embree (1782–1820), abolitionist and publisher of the first newspaper in the United States devoted exclusively to that cause *Elihu Goodsell (1806–1880), American politician *Elihu Harris (born 1947), mayor of Oakland, California, U.S. *Elihu B. Hayes (1848–1903), American shoe manufacturer, newspaper owner, and politician *Elihu Emory Jackson (1837–1907), governor of Maryland, U.S. *Elihu Katz (born 1926), American and Israeli sociologist *Elihu Lauterpacht (1928–2017), British academic and lawyer * Elihu Spencer Miller (1817–1879), American Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School *Elihu Palmer (1764–1806), founder of the Deistical Society of New York *Elihu Root (1845–1937), American states ...
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Elihu Burritt
Elihu Burritt (December 8, 1810March 6, 1879) was an American diplomat, philanthropist and social activist.Arthur Weinberg and Lila Shaffer Weinberg. ''Instead of Violence: Writings by the Great Advocates of Peace and Nonviolence Throughout History''. New York, Grossman Publishers, 1963.(p. 340-45). He was also a prolific lecturer, journalist and writer who traveled widely in the United States and Europe. Early life Elihu Burritt was born December 8, 1810, in New Britain, Connecticut. He was a descendant of William and Elizabeth Burritt from Stratford, Connecticut. He first worked as a blacksmith. As an adult he was active as a lecturer in many causes, opposing slavery, working for temperance, and trying to achieve world peace. In the early 1840s Burritt began to tour New England, speaking against war and promoting brotherhood. His sobriquet "Learned Blacksmith" arose from a period when he earned a living as a blacksmith in Worcester, Massachusetts. He founded a weekly paper, th ...
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