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Arnold Buffum Chace
Arnold Buffum Chace (November 10, 1845 – February 28, 1932) was an American textile businessman, mathematics scholar, and eleventh chancellor of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Family.
Arnold was born November 10, 1845 in Cumberland, Rhode Island. His grandfather Oliver Chace was founder of the Valley Falls textile company, which later became Berkshire Hathaway. His parents Samuel Buffington Chace and Elizabeth Buffum Chace were Quakers and prominent anti-slavery activists. His sister Lillie became an author and
Elizabeth Buffum Chace
Elizabeth Buffum Chace (9 December 1806 – 12 December 1899) was an American activist in the Anti-Slavery, Women's Rights, and Prison Reform Movements of the mid-to-late 19th century.
Birth and early life.
Elizabeth Buffum Chace was born Elizabeth Buffum in Smithfield, Rhode Island on December 9, 1806, to Arnold Buffum and Rebecca Gould, the Buffum and Gould families were some of the oldest families in New England. A birthright Quaker, Elizabeth Buffum grew up in