A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists/Andrews, Stephen Pearl
Andrews, Stephen Pearl, American reformer. B. Mar. 22, 1812. Ed. Amherst College. Andrews won a considerable position and fortune at the Texas bar, but he sacrificed it to his zeal for the abolition of slavery, and was forced to leave the State. He came to England to raise funds for the liberation of the slaves of Texas, and then returned to take part in the great struggle at Boston. He was a remarkable linguist, having a command of thirty-two languages, including Sanscrit, Hebrew, Chinese, Greek, and Latin. He invented a universal language (called "Alwato") and a universal religion, which he expounds in his Basic Outline of Universology (1872) and The Church and Religion of the Future (1886). Andrews, who con tributed frequently to the New York Truthseeker, was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Ethnological Society. D. May 21, 1886.