Robert brown brief biography of abraham
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A Summary of Abraham’s Life
Early Life
Abram (later known as Abraham), son of Terah, was born around 2170 BC in the city of Ur. Ur, located on the banks of the mighty Euphrates river, was one of the greatest cities of the world and a thriving center of the Sumerian and Akkadian civilizations. His family later moved to the city of Harran in upper Mesopotamia, where they settled. Abram had a brother, Haran, who died prior to the move, but his other brother, Nahor, survived. In something that was considered quite normal at the time, Abram married his half-sister, Sarai.
The Call of Abram
Around the year 2095 BC, at the age of 75, Abram received a dramatic call from God to “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” This call included a wonderful promise: “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors
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Winthrop, Robert C.
Born: 1809-05-12 Boston, Massachusetts
Died: 1894-11-16 Boston, Massachusetts
Born into the prominent Winthrop family, Robert C. Winthrop attended Harvard College before studying law beneath Daniel Webster. He married Eliza Blanchard in 1831, with whom he had four children. The following year, Winthrop was admitted to the bar. He won election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1834, and served until 1840 - acting as speaker from 1838-1840. A Whig, he strongly opposed the policies of Andrew Jackson, and won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1840 in a special election prompted by the resignation of Abbott Lawrence. He resigned in 1842 due to Eliza's illness and subsequent death. He married twice more: to Laura Derby Welles from 1859 to her death in 1861 and to Adele Granger in 1865.
Winthrop regained his seat in 1843 and served in the House until 1848 - acting as speaker during Abraham Lincoln's term as a Representative. Followi
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Robert Abraham (architect)
For other people named Robert Abraham, see Robert Abraham (disambiguation).
Robert Abraham (1773–1850) was an Englishbuilding surveyor and later architect in London. He was the son of a builder and was educated as a surveyor as a pupil of James Bowen. He turned to architecture after 1818, and was chiefly employed by the leading Roman Catholic families in England, including the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Shrewsbury.
He was respected by his patrons principally for his reliability, but he was competent in the various styles fashionable at the period. He was married to Eliza Brown (died 1818), an accomplished flower-painter, and their son H. R. Abraham succeeded to his practice when he died on 11 December 1850. His eldest daughter (Ellinor Mary) married Richard Bethell, Lord Westbury, who served as Lord Chancellor in 1861-1865, their daughter was the writer Augusta Bethell. Another daughter (Louisa Sarah) married John Bethell.[1]
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