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Norman Wallace Lermond (July 27, 1861 – 1944) was an American naturalist and socialist activist. Lermond helped found the socialist Populist Party in Maine〔LeWarne, Charles Pierce. ''Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915''. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1975. 56. Print.〕 and in 1892, Lermond ran for the U.S. Congress from Maine's Second Congressional District with the Populist Party, finishing in third place with 3.63% of the vote. In 1900, Lermond ran for Governor of Maine, becoming the first socialist candidate for Governor in Maine history. He lost to Republican John Fremont Hill. ==Biography== Lermond was born on July 27, 1861 in Warren, Maine to Omar W. and Rebecca (Todd) Lermond.〔"Norman W. Lermond", ''The Nautilus'', Vol. 58 (3) Jan. 1945. 102-105 http://archive.org/stream/nautilus58amer/nautilus58amer_djvu.txt〕 His family moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1872 and he was sent to a religious boarding school in Hartford, Connecticut.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Norman Wallace Lermond )〕 He later attended Dudley Grammar School in Roxbury and English High School in Boston. After his schooling he worked in the Bartlett book store and then worked a year for a trade journal the Boston Telegram in New York. He worked for the New York and New England Railroad for several years as an accountant.〔"Norman W. Lermond", ''The Nautilus'', Vol. 58 (3) Jan. 1945. 102-105〕 He was also noted to be a farmer and helped found the Thomaston Farmers' Exchange in 1880 and helped organize the New England Milk Association. Lermond started to write an autobiography but died before it was completed. His papers were found with the Department of Mollusks of Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology and was published with annotations. Lermond was buried, at his request, in a pine box under a large pine tree in an unmarked grave at the entrance to his arboretum in Maine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman Wallace Lermond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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