Background
Elwyn, Alfred Langdon was born on July 9, 1804 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Langdon) Elwyn.
Elwyn, Alfred Langdon was born on July 9, 1804 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Langdon) Elwyn.
Graduated from Harvard, 1823. M. Doctorate.; University of Pennsylvania, 1831.
President and philanthropic contributor to Pennsylvania Agricultural Society. School for Feeble-Minded Children, Society for Prevention Cruelty to Animals. Member Pennsylvania Agricultural Society.
An early lexicographer.
Author: (poem) Bonaparte. A Glossary of Supposed Americanisms, 1859.
Editor: Papers Relating to Public Events in Masschusetts Preceding the American Revolution.
Member Pennsylvania Agricultural Society.
Married Mary Middleton Mease, 1832, 2 children including Mary Middleton.