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Benjamin Fish Austin

Canadian educator, Methodist minister, and spiritualist · Canada · On the map · Educators · Lived 1850 to 1933 · aged 82

Benjamin Fish Austin was a Canadian educator, author, Methodist minister, and spiritualist. He served as the principal of Alma College girls' school from 1881 to 1897 during which time that institution was regarded as one of the most prestigious centres of female education in Canada.

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Austin served the Methodist Church for many years as an educator and minister but was expelled from that organisation in 1899 for being a proponent of the Spiritualist movement. He went on to become a renowned spiritualist in Canada and the United States, publishing many books and editing the Rochester and later Los Angeles-based spiritualist magazine Reason.

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Country
Canada
Category
Educators
Type
Educator
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1850 to 1933 · aged 82