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GEORGE, an American traveler; born in Norwalk, O., Feb. 16, 1845. In early life, and before the completion of the Atlantic cable, he was a member of the Western Union telegraph expedition to survey a route for a Bering Strait and Siberian telegraph line to Europe. The result of this expedition was the book called "Tent Life in Siberia" (1870). His journeys through Northern Russia and Siberia in the years 1885-1886 for the purpose of investigating the condition of the Siberian exiles, resulted in the publication of "Siberia and the Exile System" (1891). He was KENOSHA expelled from Russia in 1901. He explored Mount Pelée, Martinique (1902). Correspondent Russo-Japanese War (1904). Published "A Russian Comedy of Errors" (1915).

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