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Conwell the Penniless Millionaire founder of hospitals and university
Dr Russell H Conwell renowned for founding three hospitals a church and a university was a Civil War officer a banker and lawyer before turning to ministry at thirty seven He built a vast Philadelphia church known as Conwell's Folly and earned the nickname Penniless Millionaire through his philanthropic lectures His circle included Archbishop Ryan and Rabbi Krauskopf His wartime and postwar life spanned continents and his legacy funded by lecture earnings and houses
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Russell H. Conwell
Minneapolis
Minneapiolis Journal
Minnesota
Europe
Boston
Mays
Ife
Philadelphia
Broad and
Berks Sts
Conwells Folly
America
Ot Dias
Patrick Ryan
Joseph Krauskopf
Conwell
New York Post Corporation