Adin Ballou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American minister
Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1803
Place of Birth: Cumberland, Rhode Island, United States
Date of Death: 05-Aug-1890
Profession: writer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Adin Ballou
- Adin Ballou (April 23, 1803 – August 5, 1890) was an American prominent proponent of pacifism, socialism and abolitionism, and the founder of the Hopedale Community.
- Through his long career as a Universalist, and then Unitarian minister, he tirelessly sought social reform through his radical Christian and socialist views.
- His writings drew the admiration of Leo Tolstoy, who sponsored Russian translations of some of Ballou's works.
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