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| Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, was educated at the local graded schools | Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, was educated at the local graded schools |
| and the Hartford Public High School (1878), and in 1880 received the degree of | and the Hartford Public High School (1878), and in 1880 received the degree of |
| LL.B., from Columbian Law School, Washington, D. C. On October 6, 1883 his | LL.B., from Columbian Law School, Washington, D.C. On October 6, 1883 his |
| twenty-fourth birthday, Mr. Seymour opened an office in New Haven for the | twenty-fourth birthday, Mr. Seymour opened an office in New Haven for the |
| practice of patent law and for soliciting patents. Apart from his long and | practice of patent law and for soliciting patents. Apart from his long and |
| Mr. Seymour traveled in England and Scotland in 1889, on the Continent in 1905, | Mr. Seymour traveled in England and Scotland in 1889, on the Continent in 1905, |
| and again on the Continent (by motor) in 1909 and in 1911. In 1900 he went with | and again on the Continent (by motor) in 1909 and in 1911. In 1900 he went with |
| a party headed by the late Prof . Charles E. Beecher, then Director of the | a party headed by the late Prof. Charles E. Beecher, then Director of the |
| Peabody Museum, to witness the snake dance of the Moki Indians, and visited the | Peabody Museum, to witness the snake dance of the Moki Indians, and visited the |
| Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the Painted Desert, and the Petrified Forest. In | Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the Painted Desert, and the Petrified Forest. In |
| from George Washington University in 1921. | from George Washington University in 1921. |
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| //Clubs// -- Dissenters, Graduates, Elizabethan, New Haven ; Acorn, Connecticut | //Clubs// -- Dissenters, Graduates, Elizabethan, New Haven; Acorn, Connecticut |
| ; Cosmos, Washington ; Century, Coffee House, Yale, and Ends of the Earth, New | ; Cosmos, Washington; Century, Coffee House, Yale, and Ends of the Earth, New |
| York. | York. |
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| Vice-president Connecticut Historical Society; member New Haven Colony Historical Society; honorary member Chicago, Mattatuck (Waterbury), and Wallingford Historical societies; member Board of Trustees, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; chairman State Commission of Sculpture; corresponding member American Institute of Architects; sometime (twenty-five years) member Board of Trustees of The Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum, Guilford; member Board of Trustees, Thomas Lee House, East Lyme; member Board of Trustees, Donald G. Mitchell Memorial Library, Westville; member Board of Managers of New Haven Dispensary; member of New Haven Commission on Zoning; member Committee on Restoration of the Glebe House, Woodbury (and first to urge it) ; member General Committee of the Yale Pageant (1916); chairman of Sub-Committee on Medals, Stamps and Coin, State of Connecticut Tercentenary Commission; member Committee for Building New Haven Public Library; member Committee on Cornelius Bushnell Memorial; chairman of Tablet Committee of the United Church; member General Committee on the Commemoration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Removal of Yale College to New Haven; sometime member New Haven Municipal Art Commission; member Jury for Selecting Design for Veterans' Home at Rocky Hill; member New Haven World War Memorial Committee; secretary, 1913-24, New Haven City Improvement Commission; member New Haven Harbor Development (State) Commission, and writer of its report dated October 1, 1922; for many years active member New Haven Chamber of Commerce; honorary member Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati; member Connecticut Society Colonial Wars (sometime secretary); member Connecticut Society Sons of the Revolution; honorary member Beaumont Medical Society; vice-president Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities; vice-president American Federation of Arts; honorary associate fellow of Berkeley College, Yale University; honorary member Phi Chi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity; member Hiram Lodge, No.1, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; member Walpole Society; member City Hall Building Commission; member The American Friends of Lafayette; member New Haven County Bar Association; member The Yale Alumni Association of New Haven; chairman New Haven Municipal Art Commission, 1933; member Connecticut Fish and Game Association; member Mory's Association; member American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. | Vice-president Connecticut Historical Society; member New Haven Colony Historical Society; honorary member Chicago, Mattatuck (Waterbury), and Wallingford Historical societies; member Board of Trustees, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; chairman State Commission of Sculpture; corresponding member American Institute of Architects; sometime (twenty-five years) member Board of Trustees of The Henry Whitfield State Historical Museum, Guilford; member Board of Trustees, Thomas Lee House, East Lyme; member Board of Trustees, Donald G. Mitchell Memorial Library, Westville; member Board of Managers of New Haven Dispensary; member of New Haven Commission on Zoning; member Committee on Restoration of the Glebe House, Woodbury (and first to urge it); member General Committee of the Yale Pageant (1916); chairman of Sub-Committee on Medals, Stamps and Coin, State of Connecticut Tercentenary Commission; member Committee for Building New Haven Public Library; member Committee on Cornelius Bushnell Memorial; chairman of Tablet Committee of the United Church; member General Committee on the Commemoration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Removal of Yale College to New Haven; sometime member New Haven Municipal Art Commission; member Jury for Selecting Design for Veterans' Home at Rocky Hill; member New Haven World War Memorial Committee; secretary, 1913-24, New Haven City Improvement Commission; member New Haven Harbor Development (State) Commission, and writer of its report dated October 1, 1922; for many years active member New Haven Chamber of Commerce; honorary member Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati; member Connecticut Society Colonial Wars (sometime secretary); member Connecticut Society Sons of the Revolution; honorary member Beaumont Medical Society; vice-president Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities; vice-president American Federation of Arts; honorary associate fellow of Berkeley College, Yale University; honorary member Phi Chi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity; member Hiram Lodge, No.1, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; member Walpole Society; member City Hall Building Commission; member The American Friends of Lafayette; member New Haven County Bar Association; member The Yale Alumni Association of New Haven; chairman New Haven Municipal Art Commission, 1933; member Connecticut Fish and Game Association; member Mory's Association; member American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. |
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