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Mary Beecher Longyear.
American philanthropist, Christian Science teacher and practitioner
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About Mary Beecher Longyear
Mary Beecher Longyear was an American philanthropist and wife of John Munro Longyear, a wealthy businessman. She funded the first King James Version of the Bible in Braille and was a patron of the arts, education and benevolent organizations. A student of Christian Science, in 1911, she began collecting documents and items related to the early development of the religion and later established the Longyear Museum to further this work.
Everything about Mary Beecher Longyear →- Occupation
- writer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 21, 1851
- Died
- March 14, 1931