Anthony Comstock
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 109 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 7,1844 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | New Canaan |
| Connecticut | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | September 21,1915 |
| Died | Summit |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Organizations | United States Postal Inspection Service |
| Branch/service | U. S. Army |
| Union Army | |
| Parents | Polly Lockwood Comstock |
| Thomas Comstock | |
| Job | Politician |
| Books | Race Track Infamy: Or, Do Gamblers Own New York State ; a Scathing Exposure of how the Constitution of New York State is Flagrantly Violated by Common Gamblers |
| Gambling Outrages; Or, Improving the Breed of Horses at the Expense of Public Morals | |
| Morals Versus Art | |
| Traps for the Young | |
| Frauds Exposed Or How The People Are Deceived And Robbed, And Youth Corrupted | |
| Frauds Exposed, Or, How the People are Deceived and Robbed, and Youth Corrupted: Being a Full Exposure of Various Schemes Operated Through the Mails, and Unearthed by the Author in a Seven Years' Service as a Special Agent of the Post Office Department and Secretary and Chief Agent of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice | |
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| ID | 544485 |
Anthony Comstock Life story
Anthony Comstock QPM was a United States Postal Inspector and politician dedicated to ideas of Victorian morality. The terms "comstockery" and "comstockism" were used for his extensive campaign to censor materials he considered indecent and obscene, such as birth control information.
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