Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932
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- (naf) La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)
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found: Preece C. Edward Willis and Ellen Browning Scripps, 1990:p. 2 (b. Oct. 18, 1836) p. 115 (d. 1932)
found: Wikipedia, 04-05-2017:(Ellen Browning Scripps; b. October 18, 1836, London, England; d. August 3, 1932, La Jolla, Calif.; was an American journalist and philanthropist who was the founding donor of several major institutions in Southern California; she and her brother E.W. Scripps created America's largest chain of newspapers, linking midwestern industrial cities with booming towns in the west; by the 1920s, she was worth an estimated $30 million (or $3.5 billion in 2016 dollars), most of which she gave away; she established the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, the oldest and largest center for ocean and earth science research; she appeared on the cover of Time magazine after founding Scripps College in Claremont, California; she also donated millions of dollars to organizations, worldwide, that promised to advance democratic principles and women's education)
found: McClain, M Ellen Browning Scripps, [2017]:p. xi (The woman was Ellen Browning Scripps. In her youth, she had been an editor, a writer, and an active supporter of women's suffrage) p. xv (philanthropist named Ellen Browning Scripps) p. xxv (chronology: 1836, Born in London, England ; 1844, Moves with her family to Rushville, Illinois ; 1859, Graduates from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois ; 1932, Dies in La Jolla, California)
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2019-08-29: revised
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