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Samuel Warren Dike (1839–1913) was an American Congregational clergyman, born at Thompson, Conn. He graduated at
Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...
in 1863 and at
Andover Theological Seminary Andover Theological Seminary (1807–1965) was a Congregationalist seminary founded in 1807 and originally located in Andover, Massachusetts on the campus of Phillips Academy. From 1908 to 1931, it was located at Harvard University in Cambrid ...
in 1866. Intent on reforming the laws of divorce, he organized the Divorce Reform League (National League for the Protection of the Family) in 1881.


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American activists People from Thompson, Connecticut 1839 births 1913 deaths Williams College alumni Divorce law in the United States {{US-activist-stub