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ALBERT KEITH, an American humanitarian, born at Vassalboro, Me., in 1828. He graduated from Haverford College in 1849, and was an instructor in that institution until 1853. In 1853 he founded, together with his brother, the English and Classical Academy in Philadelphia. For a number of years following he was principal of schools in Philadelphia and at Providence, R. I. His chief work, however, was the establishment of the Lake Mohonk Conference, at Mohonk Lake, where annual meetings for the discussion of humanitarian and social subjects are held. In 1889 he purchased a large tract of land at Redlands, Cal., part of which he made into a park. He died in 1912.

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