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SIR ROWLAND HILL, K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.

ORIGINATOR OF THE UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE SYSTEM.

Born December 3, 1795; Died August 27, 1879. Buried in Westminster Abbey.

(From the "Graphic," Sept. 6, 1879.)