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Fry (ELIZABETH GURNEY an English)

ELIZABETH (GURNEY), an English philanthropist and prison reformer; born in Earlham, Norfolk, England, May 21, 1780. Brought up a Quaker by her family, she did not adapt her mode of life to that prescribed by the more orthodox of the sect till 1798, being FRYATT then induced to do so by the preaching of William Savery, an American Friend traveling traveling in England. This change was by her marriage, in 1800, with Joseph Fry , himself Friend." In 1810 Mrs. Fry joined the a "plain ministry, and thenceforward devoted herself to Christian service. By her exertions, important reforms were effected in the prison systems of Great Britain, France and Germany. She died in Ramsgate, Oct. 12 gate, Oct. 12, 1845.