Background
Lewis, Edwin Owen was born on July 12, 1879 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Louis and Elizabeth (Owen) Lewis.
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Edwin Owen Lewis
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Student Virginia Institute, Richmond College. Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1902. Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Moore Institute of Artist
Career
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1902. Practiced in Philadelphia, 1902-1923. Member City Council, 1907-1909.
Permanent secretary and counsel, City Party and other independent political movements, 1905-1912.
Appointed Board Recreation, Philadelphia, 1911. Elected Judge, Court of Common Pleas, from 1923.
President Philadelphia School of Design for Women, 1918-1932. President Moore Institute Art, 1932-1946.
Director Athenaneum Library (p.p.), Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts (1933-1945), History Society of Pennsylvania (vice president 1938-1953).
President Independence Hall Association founded in 1942. Chairman of Commission to bring United Nations headquarters to Philadelphia, 1945. Chairman advisory commission, Independence National History Park, from 1948.
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Membership
Member City Council, 1907-1909. Member American Philosophical Society, Colonial Society Pennsylvania (president 1945-1946), Pennsylvania State and American bar associations, Society of Colonial Wars (honorary governor general), Pennsylvania Society (historian), General Society of Sons of the Revolution (honorary general president for life), Pennsylvania Society (honorary president for life), Virginia Society the Cincinnati.
Connections
Married Eleanor Anna Lord, April 26, 1905 (died December 7, 1935). Married second, Agnes Almy Morris, May 4, 1943. Children: Carolyn Montague (Mistress West. Wycliff Walton), Eleanor Lord (Mistress Adkins Lowell).
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Republican