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Dawson, Miles Menander


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Miles Menander Dawson (May 13, 1863 - 1942) was an American author of poetry and philosophy, and ethics. He wrote books about the teachings of Zoroaster, Socrates, and Confucius. He was a member of the Confucian Society of China.[1]

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He was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin on May 13, 1863.[2] Dawson worked as an actuary in New York City. He wrote numerous books and articles on life insurance and actuarial science.[3] In 1905 and 1910 he acted as a lobbyist when bills were being prepared to regulate the insurance industry.[4]

[edit] Publications

  • The Business Of Life Insurance (1905) [3]

[edit] References

  1. The Ethics of Confucius. University Press of the Pacific. 2002. ISBN 1410203565. http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Confucius-Miles-Menander-Dawson/dp/1410203565. 
  2. "Miles Menander Dawson passport application from April 20, 1908". United States Department of State. 
  3. ^ a b Miles Menander Dawson (1905). "The Business Of Life Insurance". Wall Street Journal. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/djreprints/access/107542912.html?dids=107542912:107542912&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+24,+1905&author=&pub=Wall+Street+Journal&desc=THE+BUSINESS+OF+LIFE+INSURANCE.&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  4. "Insurance Bills Guided To Death". New York Times. May 25, 1910. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9404E2D91430E233A25756C2A9659C946196D6CF. Retrieved 2010-07-30. "They were accompanied by the charge of Miles Menander Dawson, that in 1905, when Dawson was before the Legislature the passage of a bill affecting life ..." 

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