The New International Encyclopædia/Train, George Francis

TRAIN, George Francis (1829-1904). An American author, born in Boston, Mass. After engaging in the mercantile business in Boston and Australia, he went to England in 1860, and undertook to form street-railway companies in Birkenhead and London, but his plans were obstructed by legal opposition. His publications include: An American Merchant in Europe, Asia, and Australia (1851); Young America Abroad (1857); Irish Independency (1865): and Championship of Women (1868). He also published an autobiography entitled My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands (1902).