Collier's New Encyclopedia

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GEORGE BENJAMIN, painter; born in Williamsport, Pa., in 1867, he received his first art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Düsseldorf Academy, and then became a student in Paris and London.

He was war correspondent and artist for the Philadelphia "Bulletin" in Cuba in 1895-1896, and has since turned out considerable work. He won the Temple gold medal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of the National Association of Portrait Painters.

LUMBER INDUSTRY LULEÅ, Sweden, a port on the Gulf of Bothnia, at the mouth of the Lule-Elf. It was modernized after being burned in 1887; since then it has acquired importance as an export point for Gellivara iron ore. Pop. about 10,000.

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