Edmonia Lewis
Mary Edmonia Lewis, also known as "Wildfire", was an American sculptor.
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Background
- Born in
- Greenbush
- Educated at
- Oberlin CollegeOberlin Academy
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Trending topics shown first"There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I…"
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1844
Born
Birth1907
Died
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