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Benjamin Butterworth, 1837-1898

Nationality: American
Date of Birth: 1837
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Date of Death: 1898
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Identity:

Benjamin Butterworth was a politician and commissioner of the patent-office.

Life:

He was the secretary to the World's Congress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.

Bibliography:

Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos, 6 vols, New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 and 1999, accessed at http://www.famousamericans.net, 2005.