Edwin Ginn was an American publisher, peace advocate, and philanthropist.
Ginn was born in Orland, Maine on February 14, 1838, into a Universalist farming family who were descendents of early settlers of Maryland, Virginia, and Salem, Massachusetts. He attended Westbrook Seminary, a Universalist preparatory school forgoing the ministry, he enrolled instead at Tufts University in 1858. He graduating from Tufts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1862, receiving his Masters of Arts at the same time.
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