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MORAN, EDWARD (1829–1901)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 815 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MORAN, See also:EDWARD (1829–1901) , See also:American artist, was See also:born at See also:Bolton, See also:Lancashire, See also:England, on the 19th of See also:August 1829. He emigrated with his See also:family to See also:America at the See also:age of fifteen, and subsequently settled in See also:Philadelphia, where after having followed his See also:father's See also:trade of See also:weaver, he became a See also:pupil of See also:James See also:Hamilton and See also:Paul See also:Weber. In 1862 he became a pupil of the Royal See also:Academy in See also:London; he established a studio in New See also:York in 1872, and for many years after 1877 lived in See also:Paris. He was a painter of marine subjects and examples of his See also:work are in many prominent collections. Among his canvases are thirteen See also:historical paintings, intended to illustrate the marine See also:history of America from the See also:time of Leif Ericsson to the return of See also:Admiral See also:Dewey's See also:fleet from the Philippines in 1899. He died in New York See also:City on the 9th of See also:June 1901. His sons (Edward) See also:Percy Moran (b. 1862) and See also:Leon Moran (b. 1864), and his See also:brothers See also:Peter Moran (b. 1842) and See also:Thomas Moran (q.v.), also became prominent American artists.

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